Clinton's Wins Indicate Superior Electability

by Ronald Cloud [courtesy of Blog for America]

In the primary states - where voters go to the polls and choose just like they will in November - the popular vote totals are astonishingly close. A microscopic % 0.33 (That's ZERO . POINT three three percent) separates Obama's 83584 vote advantage from Clinton's total.

However, the road to the White House runs through the Electoral College.
Clinton's primary performance in the rich electoral states and in those states whose electoral votes went to Gore and Kerry is DECISIVE ! Obama's electoral deficit against Clinton is a whopping 31percent, 34 percent inside the blue states.

Okay Democrats, do you want to win a nomination OR do you want to win the White House?

The responsibilty of party officials known as Superdelegates is to put a Democrat in the White House. In that contest, the Electoral College rules. (Hope format of table holds on post, Vote Totals shown in Extended Entry/Read more)