Having been a loyal, 20 year-old Hart supporter, not only in 1984, but also in 1988, I can envision a whole generation of young politically enthused "new" voters becoming jaded, "turned off and tuned out", to our electoral process if the superdelegates derail Senator Obama as they did Senator Hart.
I know how devastated I felt, betrayed by the process I was eager to be an active part of. There is still a residual bitterness today that I have to keep in check. I find it hard to get too excited about being able to really make change in America. I constantly find myself thinking "What if" Hart had beaten Reagan? The world would be such a better place today.
I hope Sen. Hart is right, that Obama won't fade, because Sen. Clinton and her machine play the old game of politics, heavy-handed, manipulative and full of promises and half-truths.
McCain vs. Clinton = Reagan vs. Mondale
Having been a loyal, 20 year-old Hart supporter, not only in 1984, but also in 1988, I can envision a whole generation of young politically enthused "new" voters becoming jaded, "turned off and tuned out", to our electoral process if the superdelegates derail Senator Obama as they did Senator Hart.
I know how devastated I felt, betrayed by the process I was eager to be an active part of. There is still a residual bitterness today that I have to keep in check. I find it hard to get too excited about being able to really make change in America. I constantly find myself thinking "What if" Hart had beaten Reagan? The world would be such a better place today.
I hope Sen. Hart is right, that Obama won't fade, because Sen. Clinton and her machine play the old game of politics, heavy-handed, manipulative and full of promises and half-truths.
McCain vs. Clinton = Reagan vs. Mondale
You do the math from there.