I'm dreaming of a brokered convention, for OUR party...

[Sparkly]

... where we get a Gore/Clark ticket. :evilgrin:

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

[Steely_Dan]

1. I'll have what you're having. n/t

[suston96]

2. "Brokered convention"? What is that exactly? Real estate brokers pick the nominee?

[MonkeyFunk]

4. no

Old-fashioned party power brokers. Why people think this is preferable to actually electing a nominee is beyond me.

[NoPasaran]

8. I can't understand that either

Why "progressives" think that the party bosses, whom they denounce as sellouts and traitors and DINOS, would pick a candidate that THEY like is unfathomable to me. Especially since in a situation like that the superdelegates would likely hold the balance of power. I shudder to think of all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that would provoke.

[Sparkly]

10. Don't take me too seriously, NP

"It was all just a dream."

[NoPasaran]

14. Okay

Actually, I would love to see a brokered convention because it would be fascinating to watch, much more so than the carefully stage-managed pep rallies that the conventions have become. I've just been bemused by the idea I've seen expressed that the product of the old-fashion sausage making machine would be better than that produced by a more democratic process.

[MonkeyFunk]

3. I don't understand

how people here complain about vote counting, the unfairnes of caucuses, etc. etc. and some here want the convention to nominate someone who didn't score a single vote.

[NMDemDist2]

5. can we canvass for that?

I'd buy new shoes to wear out for that outcome

:hi:

[Sparkly]

6. I'd sell all of Stinky's copper pots to donate money!

But then I'd tell him you did it. :hide:

[NMDemDist2]

7. yeah well, being 1000miles away, I'd take the heat

for that outcome

:yourock:

[CK_John]

9. I worry that we will have brokered election in the House and Senate if Bloomberg gets in. n/t

[comradebillyboy]

11. I'm sure edwards clinton and obama will really get behind

someone who did not compete in any primary or caucus, as I'm sure will all their workers and donors. Never mind the absence of any gore organization. Great for the democratic party to nominate someone who earned no delegates. Just what entitles Gore the nomination in your book?

[Sparkly]

13. What entitles Gore?

I like him. And it's MY dream! :yoiks:

[comradebillyboy]

15. Dream on then nt

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. Wake me up when that happens

I can do without the current nightmare of a process.