More on delegate "sifting" (it's not stealing because it's within the rules)

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/hillary-and-bar.html

As the race for delegates -- any delegates -- intensifies, it's worth noting that a caucus victory in itself is not enough.

Many states that run caucuses have what is called a "sifting" process -- caucus night is the beginning, not the end, of the convoluted rules.

As the Associated Press has reported "if one side is unable to rally its supporters at any step along the way, it risks losing national delegates, much like Gary Hart did in 1984. Hart fared well in initial party caucuses when he ran for the Democratic nomination in 1984, only to see some of those delegates go to Walter Mondale at the state conventions, said Tad Devine, a Democratic strategist who counted delegates for Mondale. Mondale went on to win the nomination before losing badly in the general election to Ronald Reagan.

As the bottom of the blog entry indicates, "All of this is within the rules."

And I think it stinks.

[antigop]

1. kick n/t

[AtomicKitten]

2. AKA delegate shaving

voters beware

edited for link: http://action.credomobile.com/sirota/2008/03/delegate_shaving.html

K&R

[antigop]

3. TPM also talks about this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5021518&mesg_id=5021518

[Medusa]

4. And Hillary will exploit that for all it's worth

and is.

[antigop]

5. I think so. n/t