Race42008, whom we quoted on this week's PJM Political show on XM regarding their spotting of a key Romney flip-flop, suggests that "the Democrats are in quite a pickle with their NASCAR-like rules, but, unlike the racing circuit, the world’s oldest political party has a little totalitarian detour on the way to the nomination":

NASCAR settles all its points on the tracks.

Democrats, on the other hand, borrow from Figure Skating and the old Politburo, with elitist judges holding ultimate coronation power.

Many Obama supporters have given notice that they will not abide winning the “standard” delegate race only to lose due to “super” delegate votes.

It appears that it is near impossible for either candidate to amass the needed majority of delegates via only standard delegates.

But then, there is Florida squared.

In 2000, the Democratic Party considered itself aggrieved when it lost the presidency despite the fact that Gore got the most national popular votes.

No matter that the rules have been in place since 1789 that make such calculations irrelevant. Also, no matter that they they tried to change the rules in Florida.

So, now the Dems find themselves rhetorically committed to exalting mob-rule pure democracy.

Add to all this the Clintons extreme ambition and the religious fervor of the Obama-ites, and one sees the makings of a convention that could make 1968’s look pedestrian.

Update: More from Glenn Reynolds.