Hillary new delegates and Obama calls out the hypocrisy

Apparently part of the Clinton strategy is to come up with an attempt to make her position seem close to Obama and at the same time Hillary is to try to discredit Obama’s wins… by… creating a new category of delegates.

First we of course we have pledged delegates and superdelegates. Well now, according to the world of Hillary, we have “caucus delegates”. This self-interpretation is an apparent attempt to give less value to caucus states and more value to primary states. This was augmented by Gov Rendell stating that caucuses are “undemocratic”. Of course this is a desperate plea to the Superdelegates that somehow she is still relevant but the unfortunate truth is the Superdelegates hold all the keys in this election.

So not only is she now attempting to belittle Obama at every turn but she is also deliberately devaluing potential states that could swing in the Democratic favor someday. This also exposes the fact that the only way Hillary will win in November if elected is to win with the Gore/Kerry state count +1. If Obama wins he has a greater chance to pick up the red and purple states and can win with a larger Electoral Vote count.

On the trail today Obama caught a new inroad into the hypocrisy with the Clinton’s call for him to be VP.

“I don’t know how somebody who’s in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who’s in first place,” Obama said. He went on to note the apparent double standard created by Clinton’s “commander in chief” attacks and noted that former President Bill Clinton said in 1992 his only criteria for picking a running mate was selecting someone who would be immediately ready to take over in the Oval Office.”If I’m not ready, how is it that you think I would be such a great vice president. Do you understand that? … They are trying to hoodwink you,” he said. “You can’t say he’s not ready on day one, unless he’d be your vice president, then he’s ready on day one.”

The Clinton response? I’m paraphrasing… “He’s rot ready now, but he could be ready after Hillary is nominated” Just amazing! Every day brings a new topic that is more radical than the day before. By the time we get to Colorado she will be claiming that Kang and Kodos will be her Secretary of State and Labor Secretary choices.