With less than 1% between the candidates. Super Delegates will Decide

[Ian_walker]

With less than 1% between the candidates the Super Delegates will decide who is going to be the winning candidate.

And as long term party members they will vote on the candidate who is most likely to Unite the Democratic Party.

The simplest way to fix it is for one or both candidates to give the Dream Ticket speech

Below I have rewritten the Chris Weigant speech (follow this link for the original version of the speech)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/how-obama-could-wrap-it-u_b_85595.html

THE TACTICAL WINNING SPEECH
The Candidate who first makes this speech wins the the unity and undecided voters of the Democratic party and with this middle ground the Democratic nomination for President.
"I would like to address the people in the Democratic Party for a moment.

Our party is now pretty equally divided between myself and Senator (Obama/Clinton). The race is about tied. We are obviously the two strongest candidates this party has to offer to win the White House in 2008. We both have our relative strengths, and much of the electorate is genuinely conflicted over who to select in the voting booth. Some say this is fracturing our party, but I don't believe that is true. The Republican Party is divided because of antipathy among their different factions -- but I'm proud to say that our party is conflicted over who is the best between two very good choices.

So I would like to take this opportunity to offer Senator (Obama/Clinton). the Vice Presidential spot on the Democratic ticket, should I be nominated for President. Should they be nominated, and should they offer the same to me, I am publicly saying I would accept that as well. I think both of us should get behind the idea of a 'dream ticket' right here on this stage. I challenge my opponent to do the same."
Cue Instant pandemonium! Among loud cheers and a few groans from supporters of the candidate that did not make the speech.

I wonder if Pelossi, Howard Dean, Chris Redfern, George Stephanopoulos and the growing number of other Democrats are mediating how the deal can be done? A joint non aggression pact of not putting out tactical version of the Chris Weigant speech instead to put out this strategic version of the speech.

THE STRATEGIC WINNING SPEECH
This version of the speech leaves the contest open but runs it without internecine war and unites the whole party
"We would like instead to address the people in the Democratic Party for a moment.

Our party is now pretty equally divided between ourselves. The race is about tied. We are obviously the two strongest candidates this party has to offer to win the White House in 2008. We both have our relative strengths, and much of the electorate is genuinely conflicted over who to select in the voting booth. Some say this is fracturing our party, but we don't believe that is true. The Republican Party is divided because of antipathy among their different factions -- but we are proud to say that our party is conflicted over who is the best between two very good choices.

So we would like to take this opportunity to offer each other the Vice Presidential spot on the Democratic ticket, should we be nominated by the party for President. Should the other be nominated, and should they offer the same to me, We are publicly saying we would accept that as well. We think both of us should get behind the idea of a 'dream ticket' right here on this stage. We challenge our party to do the same."
Cue very long standing ovation

The choice is there for the candidates to take.

[qazplm]

1. not a bad idea

although both candidates will think it doesnt look "strong" for them to make it.

[thunder rising]

2. The superdelegates will vote for the coat tails ... goooooObama!

Only Obama will guarantee that more down ticket candidates will get elected.

[Exilednight]

3. Where do you get 1%? 100 more delegates is more than 1%. Go back and check your math.

[sueragingroz]

12. here's some math

Clinton's percentage of total delegates awarded so far =

1,424/1,424 + 1,520 = 1,424/2944 = 0.48369565217391304347826086956522 or 48.37%


Obama's percentage of total delegates awarded so far =

1,520/1,424 + 1,520 = 1,520/2944 = 0.51630434782608695652173913043478 or 51.63%

The delta? 3.26%

You are correct - it's more than 1%.

[thunder rising]

4. Clinton could trust Barack as VP ... but not the vice-versa. Hillary is a snake.

[TAWS]

5. lol 1%, someone can't do math n/t

[thevoiceofreason]

7. I was thinking the same thing

Supers to the side, he's up 145, 1350 to 1205. That's more like 6-10%

And give us a few more days of the Chinese Water Torture Superdelegate drip, and we'll be even there too.

[wundermaus]

6. or so the media would have us think...

1% difference makes for great entertainment, doesn't it?

next they will be throwing a few of us into the arena with loins...

anything (everything) to keep us from focusing on the issues...

[Flabbergasted]

8. Not an endorsement but Dream Ticket sounds horrible....

Whoever thought of that should be shot.

Unity ticket works much better.

[sueragingroz]

9. Thanks for the perspective

<1%.....

[anigbrowl]

10. Bing! you have hit your three post limit for the day

And all three on the same subject. You guys are spinning this dream ticket thing hard.

See you tomorrow, maybe.

[KaptBunnyPants]

11. Obama has a 10 or 11% lead in pledged delegates.

Obama has 1321, Hillary 1186, per CNN. Depending on whose tally one uses as the base, that corresponds to a 10 or 11% lead. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/

[Hoof Hearted]

13. I think we should make them bowl for it. Standard league play, 3 games.

The loser has to be the VP and take the rental shoes back up to the counter.