With Clinton and Obama vowing to go all the way to the convention, the specter of the back room deal looms large for many supporters. But what if.....? In the new Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/...
"What if there is no Back Room?" we get a glimpse at a solution with a historical perspective.
Eleanor Clift writes
"What happens if the superdelegates are just like the rest of the voters—i.e., they can't definitively decide between these two candidates? "What happens if they split the superdelegates?"
If there is this kind of stalemate, the superdelegates could pass on the first ballot, forcing the candidate to prove their strength on the convention floor. And then, Clift continues:
We could then be way back to the future, the first time in the modern reform age that a candidate is not chosen on the first ballot.
And this is where Al Gore comes in; as a "compromise candidate". Clift asserts:
Al Gore is the most obvious and perhaps the only contender who could head off a complete meltdown in the party. After all, he already won the popular vote for the presidency. It was only because of a fluke at the Supreme Court that he was denied his turn at the wheel. No one could deny that he's ready on day one to assume the presidency.
Clift goes on to give the historical perspective from the 1980 convention. You should read it.
But in the interim, what do you think of this solution. Given that Al Gore has been silent, so far, do you think, if called upon, he would accept. Should he accept?