It remains astonishing to me that you see no possible goal other than the nomination.
You often present yourself as a rather sophisticated political participant, not merely following whichever leader, but this focus on Nothing But Nomination belies that presentation.
Unlike those in the current administration who continue to pretend that the Purple US, where Red and Blue mixed in very near 50% equal balance in both 2000 and 2004 (go back and look at the national maps that got more clever than the simple Red and Blue States -- such as the ones that mixed Red and Blue by percentage, and showed the varying shades of purple, whether by State or by District or Precinct...), *most* Democrats (and I daresay most Republicans, though they're good at ignoring it) are capable of recognizing that a tight race such as this one means that there perhaps should be a balanced platform and administration in the end -- taking elements from both Republican and Democrat platforms in the current national, and from both Clinton and Obama in the current contest.
To best argue such a point for whatever policy elements she sees as most important to those who are choosing her, it behooves Clinton to carry on through all primary contests, and through *at least* the first floor vote at the convention.
Doing so is not an affront to Democracy, not an affront to the Democrat Party, not an affront to *any* element of this process. However, I find it difficult to take analyses such as this one as little but an affront to and an insult of all those who have chosen Hillary to date.
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You often present yourself as a rather sophisticated political participant, not merely following whichever leader, but this focus on Nothing But Nomination belies that presentation.
Unlike those in the current administration who continue to pretend that the Purple US, where Red and Blue mixed in very near 50% equal balance in both 2000 and 2004 (go back and look at the national maps that got more clever than the simple Red and Blue States -- such as the ones that mixed Red and Blue by percentage, and showed the varying shades of purple, whether by State or by District or Precinct...), *most* Democrats (and I daresay most Republicans, though they're good at ignoring it) are capable of recognizing that a tight race such as this one means that there perhaps should be a balanced platform and administration in the end -- taking elements from both Republican and Democrat platforms in the current national, and from both Clinton and Obama in the current contest.
To best argue such a point for whatever policy elements she sees as most important to those who are choosing her, it behooves Clinton to carry on through all primary contests, and through *at least* the first floor vote at the convention.
Doing so is not an affront to Democracy, not an affront to the Democrat Party, not an affront to *any* element of this process. However, I find it difficult to take analyses such as this one as little but an affront to and an insult of all those who have chosen Hillary to date.