It appears that neither Senator Clinton nor Senator Obama will have the 2025 delegates required to secure the Democratic Nomination for President after the primary season is over. Howard Dean, the Democratic National Chairman, was quoted as saying that if that occurs, the two candidates would need to sit down and decide who the nominee would be. Dean also has repeatedly said that he does not want a brokered convention.
So what is fair for the candidates and the people who took time to express their support with their vote? If neither candidate reaches the magic number of required delegates, I have a suggestion. Let the delegates from Florida and Michigan be seated at the convention and cast their delegates in line with the outcome of their states primary election. The candidates did not campaign in these states, so neither had the advantage over the other. Let the winner of the state primary in each state get the super delegates of that state. If neither candidate reaches the 2025 delegates needed after all that, let the candidate with the largest popular vote of all the primary states be declared the Democratic nominee.
I think that will be the fairest way since the vote of the people will control the outcome. You can not get any more democratic than that. Any suggestions? I would like to hear some other thoughts, as I don't pretend to have all the answers.
