Very thought-provoking.  I agree with the thesis that if the roles were reversed there would indeed be big pressure on Obama to drop out.

If most of Hillary's wins were registered in caucus states, you better believe there would be multiple, daily stories about how undemocratic the process is.

Personally, for me what it comes down to is that there has been a Bush or a Clinton in the Whitehouse since I was 4 years old.

I want to live in a Democracy, not a nepotistic Aristocracy of privileged insiders.

Even if you don't count Bush 41's vice presidency under Reagan, (he was  about 2 inches away from BEING president when Reagan was shot) if Clinton takes the nomination, it would be a possible 28 years living under a Bush/Clinton rule. 2 families running the country for 3 decades. THat creeps me out.

I know that the Clintons are very different than the Bushites, but Bill and George 41 are bestest buddies. That doesn't sit well with me.

If the situation was reversed the media would be railing about how undemocratic caucuses were, how she was only winning small states that would never go blue and how Florida and Michigan should be seated.

There would be no pressure for Obama to dropp out but they would probably still be mocking Clinton.

Another one to add is:

 *What if Obama had put his name on primary ballots in states the DLC had asked all candidates to not participate in, then stated that those states delegates won't count. Then later in the campaign, once he was behind in delegates, started saying that those delegates should count, since he won them when no one else really campaigned there?

Would that make sense to a Hillary supporter?

I guess what I'm really going for here is to see if people can put themselves in some one else's shoes when looking at the primaries.

* What if Obama lost 6 out of 8 primaries (perhaps even 8 or 9 in a row) as Hillary Clinton is expected to lose this week?

So far, Obama won caucuses, not primaries this week.

Caucuses disenfranchise people who work, are sick, or are otherwise unable to attend.

Ah

What if Obama was virtual vice president for 8 years

What if Obama had a 30 year track record of doing what he said he would do

What if Obama was for seating the Florida voters

What if Obama was the one NOT named in a recent FBI indictment

What if Obama was not the one saying he would be on the Muslim side if things ever went that way

What if it was Hillary and not Obama with blatantly racist quotes in their autobiography...

and on and on and on

What if Hillary were getting 90 percent of the Caucasian vote in every state?  How do you suppose that would be characterized by the media and pundits?  

Personally, I'm glad to see that it's not happening, and that there are enlightened attitudes going on (and they've been a long time coming).  But the topic that no one wants to talk about is germane to this primary season.

No, it doesn't address Obama's caucus victories in predominately white states.  But it does have great import in states with significant African-American populations.  

Question:  How does ANY white candidate combat that built-in disadvantage?  This is her ongoing dilemma, particularly with today's slate of primaries.  

As for the "pressure to get out" question, that's ridiculous.  Obama supporters would LOVE to see her get out before the states that offer her the best chance of getting back into the game vote.  

So, come on, get real.  Unless you're going to go on record as wanting to disenfranchise these voters, I'd pipe down about this non-issue.  

Let the primaries go on, as they should.