This may be a moot point if Clinton cannot get her campaign back on track. But anyway, all media outlets have been bombarding the viewer with massive amounts of info on the delegate counts and the super delegates. If clinton can pull off a win in Texas and Ohio, the nomination could be plunged into chaos as it was in 1968.
Obama wins the most votes in Caucuses and Clinton wins the votes in Primaries; all this is just wonderful for the spin of their respective campaigns. But what does it really mean? It is all about the delegates, stupid!
As of today the two candidates, Clinton and Obama, are basically tied up in the delegate count. Now Clinton machine is trying to get the Michigan and Florida delegates seated at the convention. Obama’s people are yelling foul because she was the only one on the Michigan ballot and no one campaigned in either state, so Clinton won Florida on name recognition. Howard Dean of the DNC is scrambling around trying to find a solution that will let these delegates be seated.
If it goes to the credentials committee, then Clinton will have the advantage. The 3 members are all past members of the Bill Clinton machine. So that is out. They may suggest a caucus, but that will not be acceptable to Clinton, because Obama always does well in a caucus. Then there is a possibility of a primary, but that requires a major mobilization. And that may eliminate this idea. I heard someone suggest that the two candidates split the total candidates, but since they are pretty much tied up that would not help either candidate and still make it the job of the Super Delegates. So there does not seem to be a solution to the question of the delegates of Michigan and Florida.
Dean is trying his best to stop the possibility of a brokered convention, which could return the party to the splits of the 1968 convention. Then the party fractured and is just now showing signs of ending that division. Not many Democrats want a brokered convention, but at present count and trends, looks like they may not have a choice. Right now, the DNC is praying that someone, anyone will break out in the next couple of contests.
If it does come down to the choices of the supers, then we return to the days of smoke filled back room deals. Those days were slimy and divisive. The supers do not necessarily vote the way of the population. Scummy deals for ambassadorships, cabinet positions, etc are what will motivate these people. If the supers make the wrong choice, then they will split the party and this time there may not be a healing and we could be witnessing the death of the party of the people.