all the way to the Convention

Rachel Maddow has a great piece up over at the Huffington Post. she spells out quite clearly & makes a good argument for why & how this Dem fight is likely to go all the way to the convention.

"If there is an open, unresolved procedural issue involving the Florida and Michigan delegations, Senator Clinton will be able to cite that as her justification for staying in the race until the convention even though she is not ahead in the nomination contest at the end of the primary calendar.

If she can ensure that the Florida and Michigan issue stays unresolved until the convention (and by appealing it every step of the way, I don't see how that can be avoided), then Clinton stays in the race until the convention. Staying in until the convention buys her three more months of campaign time, three more months to make her case to the party and the country, three more months for some potential political unfortunateness to befall Senator Obama."

"If Clinton fights to stay in until the convention -- which seems utterly plausible to me -- then I believe the Democratic Party's nominee (Obama or Clinton) will lose the general election to John McCain."

seems to me that the major difference in this race is that Obama is thinking about what is best for Dems & in the long run, the country, & Hillary is thinking about what is best for the Clintons. all I can say is it's going to be a long, long 3 months until then. ugggh.