"Pandering to the popular vote is poison"

I didn't come up with that alliteration, obviously, it's from Jonathan Alter at Newsweek, pointing out exactly what I've been thinking, which is that Hillary is willing to say anything to keep her campaign viable (those are my words, not his). In this case, what she's saying is that she's won the "popular vote" which she is bases on including the Michigan and Florida results. But those states don't count because they violated party rules by moving their primaries up on the calendar (knowing full well what the penalty would be), and, much more importantly, no one campaigned there. Obama wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan.

I have to say, the spectacle is getting rather nauseating. It would be different if I thought that she really believed the things she's saying, but I seriously doubt it. She's just playing the same games that the Republicans have played so well over the years - cherry picking the reality and using rhetoric that resonates with people who don't look beyond the sound bites. Personally, I think Democrats deserve better. I've gone from feeling genuinely sorry for her to resenting her. She is embarrassing herself and her party.

Here's a link to Alter's piece:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/138109