Obama to declare victory on May 20th

[Gustaf]

IMO, Obama should be the gentleman from this point on. He can afford it. Clinton's last chance at getting this nomination was really to make it close in North Carolina and winning big in Indiana.

If I were Obama I'd let Michigan and Florida be seated, allow Clinton to have her wins in Kentucky, West Virginia and Puerto Rico, sit back and enjoy the ride. He is STILL going to get the nomination, might as well act the bigger person and look better for the General Election.

[Gustaf]

Lunar, I don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying, but to clarify my main point:

Obama would probably get a lot of goodwill by allowing Florida and Michigan to be seated and letting all the states vote. In a way it may demoralize the Clinton forces even more, because it would make clear what low chances she has.

But, again, that's not the key point. The key point is that it would give him goodwill for the GENERAL election which is what he ought to be thinking about. Defusing all talk about disenfranchising Florida and Michigan and being generally anti-letting the people have their say is nothing but good. Strengthening his image as above dirty politics and following principles is even better.