Am I the only one who gives a fuck about the rules?

Chris Matthews and Eugene Robinson were on MSNBC pining for the rules. Matthews threw out his "Clintons want mulligans" line to self contented laughter. They then lit into this notion of allowing two of the biggest states in the nation to have some role in choosing a nominee because they dared to annoy New Hampshire. The conversation turned to them how the Clintons are totally indifferent to the rules. At the same time, Matthews kept chirping, how can anyone not give the nomination to the person with the most pledged delegates?

Well Chris, as you were saying about rules, the rules say that you need half of the delegates to receive the nomination. He then said that no one ever has half the delegates. Interesting trivia there but why bother Matthews with history. The superdelegates are free to cast their ballots however they want. Those are the rules. Remember the rules?