It's hard for many Americans who paid attention to the last two general elections for president to stomach what's going in the Democratic Party with the possibility that superdelegates will ultimately decide the nominee and once again rob the majority of voters their popular choice.
But now comes the news that votes for Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, in the New York City primary were not counted at all. In an election where apparently every delegate will count, Mr. Obama's actual results from New York must be calculated. Although officials claim that nothing sinister was at play in this undercount, there still lies the specter of a fix.
As the late Court of Appeals Judge Anthony J. Celebrezze, Sr. used to say, "The appearance of impropriety is improper."
If both sides are willing to win no matter what, then why have elections at all? Let the men in the smoke-filled rooms decide it.
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