Democrats and their delegates: You cannot be serious

I have been trying to keep my mouth shut about the Democrats and their delegate counting rules. It's none of my business really.

But honestly, it's impossible to stay quiet.

This morning The Times reported on the compromise decision to grant Obama four delegates from Michigan and no more:

To Harold Ickes, the veteran Clinton operative who once bit a man's leg in a political argument, the compromise was anything but democratic.

He was “stunned” at the “gall and the chutzpah” of this body of 30 individuals in deciding “to substitute their judgement for the votes of 600,000 voters [in Michigan]. Hijacking four delegates is not a good way to start down the path of party unity.”

Andrew Sullivan links to this extraordinary rant by a Clinton supporter.

Really, I'm not involved, I live in a different country but.....are these people unhinged? Have they totally lost their sense of proportion?

The Democratic Party told Florida and Michigan what would happen if they brought forward their primaries. They chose to ignore that warning. I don't think that any of them should be seated at all.

How can the Democrats claim to be the party of tough peace negotiations if they can't stick with their  threatened sanctions?

But Ok. Perhaps that's not realistic.

But how on earth can Clinton's people demand that votes be counted from a primary in Michigan that Obama withdrew from as a result of party advice?

I literally don't understand. The attempt to invoke civil rights or even the Florida recount of 2000 is an insult to the intelligence.

As John McEnroe would say "You cannot be serious"