The late U.S. Sen. Herman Talmadge comments on the Democratic Party's nominating process.

The above clip from YouTube comes courtesy of the blog Peanut Politics.

The system that McGovern's committee put in place and that got him nominated in 1972 continues intact. It is not designed to elect a candidate who runs from the middle (such as my candidate Pres. Obama did although he quickly shifted upon taking office to governing from the left).