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So fair it’s...unfair?

“What’s going to matter is whether the convention is a big success and a nominee is elected. If those things happen no one will remember the snafu,” said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “If, on the other hand, the Democrats managed to blow a good opportunity here, everyone will suffer, and that includes Dean.”

Hillary Clinton’s victory over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania on Tuesday means the battle will continue for weeks, and recent polls have shown Republican Sen. John McCain pulling even with the Democrats as the intraparty fight becomes increasingly nasty.

Dean should have pushed to make tweaks in the Democrats’ primary rules, Sabato argues, saying the system is so inclusive it makes it difficult to determine a decisive victory.

“The Democrats have developed a system that is so fair it’s unfair,” Sabato said.

So much for “every vote counts.”