Dear Editor,
In my letter in SN of 10.3.08, captioned ‘Hillary has an ace up her sleeve,’ I cited two inevitable developments vis-à-vis the democratic presidential primary race between Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama, (1) that Mrs Clinton, in a last-ditch effort to secure the nomination, would try to have the delegates of Michigan and Florida seated, and (2), that the ultimate beneficiary from the political brouhaha in the competition and over the seating of delegates, will be the Republican Party and, of course, its presumptive presidential nominee John McCain. Michigan and Florida, which Clinton won in an unchallenged competition, carry a combined total of 368 delegates. Today as we watch on in wonderment, Hillary Clinton, back against a wall with no earthly chance of overtaking the delegate count of her opponent even if Michigan and Florida earn some sort of reprieve, continues to stridently advance the argument that she matches up better against John McCain than her opponent Barrack Obama. An argument I might add, that is constantly and irritatingly being rejected by pundits across the political and ideological spectrum.
