The Democratic primaries are still drudging on. Dear Lord, they’re still marching forward like some contemporary death march.
And now we’re turning our attention to a U.S. territory that most Americans can’t even point to on a map. Are the Democrats really so desperate as to cling to a small island with a population smaller than a suburb of any American city?
Today Obama and Clinton will cat fight for the nine delegate votes Guam has to offer. (Thirteen total delegates; eight only count as half votes, five are full votes.) In the scope of Presidential elections, this is about as big as a thimble in a beer keg.
Clinton brags that she’s actually “visited” Guam once (a layover in 1995 en route to China as the First lady). Obama brags that he was born geographically closer to Guam (in Hawaii) than Clinton (Illinois). Neither of these reasons should make any difference to the Guamanian voters. And quite frankly, it doesn’t make much difference to mainlanders who have become so exhausted by the Democratic battle, we’ve succumbed to actually reading the dribble coming out of McCain’s mouth as a form of refreshing entertainment.
I guess the bottom line here is something that most media outlets aren’t willing to say: Guam really doesn’t matter. Eight delegates will have little impact in comparison to the vast number of delegates that have already dropped their votes in the pot. Neither will it matter anymore to the weary voters who have turned sour with the pre-game warm-up that is the Clinton/Obama cage match. Either way, Guam has her spotlight for the next 24 hours and with that, we gratefully creep closer to an end.
Update 10:55pm CST:
CNN reporting Guam results. Obama wins by 7 votes. SEVEN!! This means Obama and Clinton will both get two delegates. The primary is still a dead heat and we’re still pounding our heads against the wall. Incredible.
The finale in Guam proves one thing: it never really mattered to begin with.
(CNN) — Barack Obama has won the Guam Democratic caucuses by a margin of 7 votes. Obama and Hillary Clinton will split the U.S. territory’s four pledged delegate votes evenly, with two apiece.
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