There is a missing discussion surrounding the Clinton-Obama race. That is the challenge to the idea that only the first primaries in the Democrat Party Nominating Priamries are important. That is one of the reasons why ao many states tried to jocky up calendar to get a forward position in the primary line up. Since 1968, the party has tried to shake a neurotic fear of an open Convention. The goal is to decide on a candidate as quickly as possible - most times precipitously. The candidates move on a downward path toward defeat.
The Convention in Chicago was a disaster, and I submit that the Democrat Party died in the streets of Chicago in 1968 and has been on life support ever since. Our political culture is defined by the Nixon-Reagan-Bush politics rather than the Roosevelt-Kennedy-Clinton politics.
If the Democrat Party is going to become a Party that can get things done it has to have a grass roots network - like the one that is trying to emerge - at its core. THe Party needs to bury its fear and revive the Party.
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