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Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal
You can read it pretty much anywhere, but Clinton took Ohio and Texas meaning that the democratic primaries are far from over. Unlike the Dems, McCain has locked his nomination for the Republicans by breaking the 1,191 delegates necessary. So there it is. Talk amongst yourselves.
The democrats can't keep from shooting themselves in the foot. They have a golden opportunity here. The Republican president has terrible approval ratings. The country in general is fed up with the current government. The Republican party doesn't even like their own candidate. All the Democrats had to do is pick a viable candidate and stroll into the white house. Any candidate would do. But they can't even do that right. All this bickering and smearing is just hurting the party. This is a great example of why the Democratic party has failed so miserably, and why the Republican party can be so stupid, yet win every time.
To go back to your game theory, this is a classic example of two greedy, competitive agents versus two cooperative agents. The competitive agents attempt to maximize their individual gain at all times, while the cooperative agents work to maximize the team gain at all times, understanding that one agent losing may win the team game. Obama and Clinton are obviously the competitive agents, while McCain and Romney are the cooperative agents. (Yes, Romney. Did anyone notice that Romney still has more delegates than Huckabee? He never was a real candidate).
In the end, I'm sick of both parties. Which is worse, the party that destroys the country or the party that is to busy arguing amongst themselves to stop the other party from destroying the country.