Tuesday, February 19, 2008

No Poaching

Reports are circulating that the Clinton campaign will aggressively try to convince pledged Obama delegates to switch sides before the Democratic convention. These are the delegates elected by the people voting in the primaries and caucuses, not the party's "superdelegates." Disturbing. That and the full court press by the Clinton campaign to have the Michigan and Florida delegates seated at the convention, despite the Democratic Party's firm stand that the Democratic primaries in those states were illegitimate.

There's a whiff of desperation about these tactics, and it won't serve the cause of the Democratic Party come November, regardless of who is nominated.

UPDATE: The Clinton campaign is denying that it will "poach" delegates from Obama. Let's keep it as clean as possible, OK?

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