It is ironc that Hillary Clinton’s camp expresses outrage that anyone would call on her to end her campaign and disenfranchise the voters in states yet to vote. Now I know that it is common practice in campaigns to cloak self-interest in a guise of altruism or looking out for the voters. There are two reasons why this is tremendously ironic. First, the whole primary system with its bizzare and variable methods for picking the delegates is clearly not designed to give each voter equal opportunity to have a say. In many election years voters in many states essentially have no part in selecting the nominee. But the second reason for irony is even more interesting. If, Hillary and her supporters are so concerned about disenfranchising the voters, why are they trying to convince the superdelegates that they should vote the way they want to, not follow the lead of the voters. Almost the only way that Hillary could win would be to essentially disenfranchise the majority of voters in the democratic primaries (in terms of delegates, total votes and numbers of states) who have voted for Barack Obama. I am surprised that I have not seen anyone calling her on this.
