Feb 12, 2008

Dem Insiders’ Deciding Primary Could Defeat Dem Nominee in Wisconsin in General Election


Madison, Wisconsin — “If the Democrats want to make this a brokered convention with a bunch of insiders (super delegates) deciding the nominee, the hell with them, I’ll vote for McCain. And I don’t even like McCain,” said a Barack Obama supporter over the weekend.

It’s a sentiment being echoed over Wisconsin as its primary next Tuesday, Feb. 19, is garnering national scrutiny.

A brokered opinion is a suicide pact for the democrats.

The same gruff, independent sentiment with which Obama has successfully made common cause, has spurred Obama to the precipice of frontrunner status in the Democratic primary.

But that sentiment would result in many Wisconsin voters abandoning the Democratic Party in the general election should their primary be decided by the 796 Democratic super delegates—ex-presidents, 20-something-year-old Young Democrats and other insiders—no matter who the nominee is.

Clean and fair elections, though the bane of the Republican Party here, have assured voters that their vote will count, and should their primary votes go down the drain leading to insiders calling the shots, you can bet this will not sit well.

Though Wisconsin has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1984, it is a swing state in presidential elections, narrowly handing Democrats a victory in 2004 (some 11,000 votes) and 2000 (some 5,000 votes).

In a closely contested general race, Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes could prove decisive.

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