Infante's Inferno - Political ranting, redux

10:58 am - Political ranting, redux

First things first -- the superdelegates thing? Bites. I very much dislike having to figure random politicos into what is otherwise simple math.

Here's where the Democratic candidates stand with actual delegates won in actual elections:

Obama: 30
Clinton: 28
Edwards: 21

And here's the totals with the whole superdelegates bullshit:

Clinton: 183
Obama: 78
Edwards: 52

You see why this is annoying. Mind, it's mostly only a curio, and only matters if it comes all the way to the convention. The party always stands by the clear elected winner, not the one who would win if Joe Lieberman's vote gets to count more. But still. Annoying.

You can do the same thing with the Republican candidates. Here's where the GOP front-running candidates stand with actual delegates won in actual elections (there are slightly different party rules, which result in the slightly lower numbers. Still, the same logic applies):

Huckabee: 17
Romney: 8
McCain: 7

Aaaaand, with committed delegates:

Romney: 30
Huckabee: 21
McCain: 10

As you can see ... there's a small gap between what the party leaderships want and the actual will of the voters.