THE POPULAR VOTE

The Clinton Campaign is saying it will win the popular vote before the end of the campaign. Hillary is telling her supporters, if I lose, Obama is the choice not John McCain. She is trying to wrap up the loose ends as she maneuvers her way to the Vice-Presidential nomination.

Is there any real weight in the argument that the majority of Democrats who voted , voted for me. Perhaps this is a moral argument to the Superdelegates that not supporting Clinton would be tantamount to rejecting the choice of the grass roots of the Democratic Party!

The winner is the first one past the goal post. The first to reach the magic number. The problem of course in this race is that the number is sort of up for debate. There are lots of issues not the least of which is legitimacy of nominations (Florida and Michigan), voter eligibility differences from state to state, and the exclusion from the totals of participants who did not declare a preference.

As with everything else in this nomination, the popular vote issue is clouded and murky at best. But you play the hand you're dealt, right!