Reply #96: I'd agree if punishing them did not punish us all

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

I see a very real possibility of a nomination race so close that the outcome will be tainted.

Nobody would have proposed these punishments if they thought they might be decisive. Usually the nominee is decided in the primaries, everyone else drops out, and the voting delegates are a mere formality, so it wouldn't matter which states sent which delegates.

By "punish us all" I do not mean by picking one candidate or another. I believe the process is supposed to pick the best candidate, and thus limiting representation limits the quality of the process that is supposed to benefit the Party.

I think Obama wins in every scenario, and whether I like him or not I want his nomination to be as broad-based and uncontroversial as possible. We don't need more divisions.