
The Clinton and Obama campaigns have trimmed their delegate lists to exactly the number of available slots. The lists, emailed to state committee members of the Democratic Party of Georgia, are available on Blog for Democracy. The chance to become a delegate to the national convention has been a prime motivator for participation in state and local Democratic politics, and in years past delegate selections at the state level (for at-large slots) were raucous affairs that attracted a large crowd of state committee members (who get to do the selection) with many of those members, or friends and family, running. This year, the party is resorting to free lunch offers in a bid to get 40% of the committee to attend, a requirement needed to then coronate, er, elect, the pre-determined slates for each candidate. Some committee members, complaining that their role is more reminiscent of an election in the old Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's Iraq, may try to organize a walkout to deny the party, and the campaigns, the quorum necessary to move forward with the process.
You're being a bit unfair....
to Saddam Hussein. At least until the full force of the American military took off after him, he at least kept things under control. Based on what I am hearing, this weekend's meeting, whatever it is, won't be that.