Go Hillary

I wanted to start my blog today whether I am ready or not. I don't know what I'm doing, but I love Hillary, and I wanted to say a few things while she is still in the race. Some things are just not being said clearly or strongly enough in the media as far as I know.
1. The Democratic Party rules for the primary elections suck, and no Democratic Party Official seems willing to say that. I'm not saying that Hillary is losing because of party rules, although she would be the nominee if they were using the more normal Republican rules. I am saying they have gone off the deep-end on proportionality and they need to change these rules for future elections. The notion that you can win a primary and the loser gets the same amount of delegates (and even sometimes more delegates based on certain districts) is just plain weird. It also explains why the race has gone on forever and nobody is able to win the race outright. Even if you win a primary by one vote, you ought to receive a minimum of 60% of the delegates. If you win by 10 or more points you ought to receive at least 70 to 75% of the delegates. Can you imagine winning a basketball game by one point in overtime and being told that the other team came so close that it counts just as much in the standings as your win?
Also, there is the Michigan/Florida debacle. Again the Republicans got it right. If the Democrats had said they would only seat half of the delegates from these two states we wouldn't be talking about this issue now. Who are the Democrat's punishing? The voters, who may well wind up punishing the Democrats in November. Now they will have to seat these delegates pretty much as Hillary suggests, or they will probably pay a price. Does anyone recognize how important Michigan and Florida are to Democrats in November?
2. I voted for Hillary Clinton in the Maryland primary several weeks ago, and guess what, I am not a racist. I was born and raised in West Virginia, and I find it offensive that the media has inferred that West Virginians are different from other Americans (except for maybe some in Kentucky). They are bigots, ignorant, or just don't understand what is going on in this country. They must be stupid to think the gas tax suspension might be a good idea, after all, every known economist thinks its a bad idea. If I know one thing about West Virginians, it is that they are eminently fair. In 1960, when I was a high school junior, Jack Kennedy came to our state and talked to people and listened to them and West Virginia helped elect the first Catholic President in our history. Barack Obama could have done the same thing. He chose not to. West Virginians feel he wasn't interested in their vote and therefore didn't care about them. It's still not too late for Obama, but that brings me to point three.
3. Finally, some pundits are now suggesting that Hillary has done such a good job that Obama may need to pick someone from her campaign as vice-president. Someone maybe like Ted Strickland. In case your'e wondering, I'm not sure, but I think he may be the Governor of Ohio. Maybe that will make some Hillary campaign worker in Ohio happy, but that's about it. Again, no one seems to want to say it, but you can look long and hard and cannot come up with a name of someone who can help Obama win in November except one. Who would that be - Hillary Clinton. It is true that the vice presidential candidate is only marginally important in any case, but look what Hillary brings to the table. She brings seventeen million plus loyal supporters who have pulled the lever for her, essentially one-half of those who voted in the Democratic primaries, You know what. It is a dream ticket.
GO HILLARY!