Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean on Wednesday voiced concern over the prospect of a brokered convention at the end of the party’s White House nominating contests.
“The idea that we can afford to have a big fight at the convention and then win the race in the next eight weeks, I think, is not a good scenario,” Dean said according to excerpts of an interview with NY1 television.
In state nominating contests so far, no clear winner has emerged among Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the party’s nomination ahead of November’s presidential vote to replace George W. Bush in the White House.
“I think we will have a nominee sometime in the middle of March or April. But if we don’t, then we’re going to have to get the candidates together and make some kind of an arrangement,” said Dean, who failed in his bid for the party’s nomination in 2004.
“Because I don’t think we can afford to have a brokered convention — that would not be good news for either party.”
Wasn’t it Will Rogers who said, “I do not belong to any organized political party. . . I’m a Democrat.”
Is Dean suggesting that every Democratic vote will not be counted, and that the candidate will be selected secretly in some back room? I’m in shock!
The good news is that 70% of Democrats will be satisfied with either candidate. This is a better situation than that of the GOP.
Dean already put his foot down and ordered — [b]ordered[/b] — that Florida’s delegate votes would not be counted. So this is no surprise.