BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE...

Dean finds himself facing a real dilemma.

He said that it's okay to battle the primary out and wait til the last primary is over with...but then it's time to settle on one candidate.

The ABC moderator asked about Michigan and Florida.

Dean said that Michigan and Florida would be seated.

But Michigan only had one candidate on the ballot and their vote would not count.

He said that some kind of compromise had to be worked out. Those decisions had not been resolved as yet.

Dean was asked about the role of the Super Delegates and Dean said that there are only something like under 400 that are as yet undecided.

And, according to the DNC chief, as soon as they have decided, they can settle on a decision.

Dean does not want to have to have a controversial convention.

Speaker Pelosi's words were also mentioned.

She had stated unequivocally that the voters would not take kindly to Super Delegates who did not vote to support the votes of the people.

One does not need a calendar to realize that we are rapidly approaching the deadline and that Hillary, the runner up at this point, who still dreams up fantastical scenarios of some kind of upset will not concede what the numbers already foretell. She views her intractability as a kind of inherent strength; others see it from quite a different perspective.

In less than three weeks, the candidates will face off in Philadelphia to be followed by the balance of the States left in the Primary.

Hillary, however, is anxious to see this through to the Convention and the Credentials committee...

She wants the votes in Michigan and Florida to be counted even though she was the only candidate listed on the Michigan ballot. Obama does not for obvious reasons. As Dean said, a primary of one candidate does not resemble any free election that he knows about.

Meanwhile, the mud is still being slung, a fact that may help her in certain quarters but is not being overlooked by independents and liberals..

Meanwhile McCain is taking advantage of the time to consolidate his gains and ponder his VP candidate....

One wonders whether the current level of intransigence will carry through to the Convention. No one knows for sure at this point.

But the recalcitrance on both sides does not auger well for a show case for democrats.

Les Aaron