Clinton’s huge head start has given her the momentum to coast to victories in several key states and will probably put her over the top in delegates. However, the tactics used by the Democrat party to give Clinton such a head start gave her campaign a stain so ugly that only an open convention can erase it. There could well be a substantial number of those super delegates who would really prefer Sanders but declared for Clinton out of loyalty to the party. There must be a way to bring those progressives back to the polls in November. All the years of Obama administration sidelining, ignoring, and belittling progressive initiatives have created a lot of virtual pigeons that came home to roost and stayed home in the midterms of 2010 and 2014, when Democrats were “shellacked”. How many of these progressives have not yet fallen in line for Clinton? We don’t know, but an open convention would allow enough debate to neutralize the negatives of both candidates, and settle on a platform that would give the eventual-named candidate something to fight with. Clinton cannot win without the progressives. Period. An open convention is the only way she can hope to bring them over to her side. Clinton could signal her willingness for an open convention by releasing all her delegates now. It would be the honorable thing to do. If she is the right candidate, the convention will say so.