I guess this is turning into an anti-Hillary day.  According to Senator Clinton, economists who don’t agree with her gas tax holiday BS are “elite.”  My God, Senator Clinton has official endorsed Republican talking points!  Moreover, where does Senator Clinton get off calling anyone elitist?  She’s as elitist as they come!

So she’s saying she won’t put her lot with economist?  The people who are actually trained in economic theory are not welcome around her?  It’s like she’s become another Republican candidate!  The real sad part here is Senator Clinton should know better.  This gas tax holiday is completely bogus.

This is an interesting, if frightening, article detailing supposed discussions within the Clinton campaign that could force the seating of the Michigan and Florida delegates, who were sanctioned by the party for having their primaries early (a violation of party rules).  If I can digress for a moment.  While I will be the first to say there are issues with how primaries/caucuses are carried out, especailly since two tiny little states who are not reprsentative of the nation are givent too much power, the voters of Florida and Michigan were not disenfranchised.  The citizens of those states weren’t prevented for casting their votes, and while it’s certainly not their fault their delgates won’t count, both of these states knew the consequences and were warned in advance.  It’s a little late to cry wolf.  The rules may suck, but that’s how it is.

That being said, if Hillary Clinton chooses this “nuclear” option she will, as this article points out, face a lot of backfire.  Obama suppoters will find it very difficult to vote for Hillary Clinton if she takes this nomination through back-door politics reminiscient of bygone era party politics.  She keeps touting how she has won the big states that “count,” but Obama also won a lot of other states, and by a wide margin, and if she loses those voters we’ll end up with four more years of the Bush II disaster.

Moreover, think of the damage done to the party in general.  While I don’t think this would split the party in two, I do think it would create a greater schism between the two obvious factions within the party:  centrists and left-leaners.  Obama has done an admirable job of engerizing young voters; can Senator Clinton keep them?  Being a fickle group of people, I worry about it.  Then there’s the African American vote.  If Seantor Clinton takes this nomination without actually winning the election she risks alienating an important voting bloc within the Democratic Party.  Is Senator Clinton’s need to win so great that she’s willing to destroy her opponent and the party she supposedly supports in order to do so?  If she take this nomination what will be left to help in November?  It’s a shame there’s no one within her campaign asking these questions.