The Fate of Florida and Michigan Stands in the Balance
On Saturday, the Democrat Party will hold a rules and bylaws committee meeting to discuss seating delegates from Florida and Michigan, which should give Hillary Clinton what she's been asking for all this long while.
* The most likely outcome is that the rules committee will reinstate 50% of the Florida and Michigan delegates. According to a memo, party lawyers don't believe they have the authority to do any more than that.
* The twist, as First Read notes, are the "uncommitted" delegates from Michigan's primary. "If the Rules committee decides to accept the January primary results then it's not clear, via the DNC charter, that it's within the party's rules to assign uncommitted delegates to Obama."
* Although she will probably have succeeded in changing the "magic number" for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton will still likely be disappointed by the committee's decision. The math doesn't work for her now and won't work for her after Saturday either.
The next step, obviously, for the Clinton campaign will be taking on math.
Conspiring, sexist math.
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Seems like Hillary is getting a lot of you all hot and bothered about this whole campaign thing. And she didn't even have to pull a Sharon Stone. Got your knickers in a note though.
If Hillary was so concerned about Florida and Michigan, why did she agree not to campaign there?
What qualifications for president does Obama lack? Personally, I think he's displayed a level of intelligence, dignity, and leadership ability that no candidate of the Bush/Clinton era could ever hope to match.
As for Hillary knowing what to do on day one, that's a bit hard to swallow since she's never known what to do before. She failed as first lady with her health care package. She failed as a Senator when she voted to use force in Iraq. Now, she has failed as a presidential candidate. Accept that.
JaniceinMichigan- You were misguided in a situation that did not exude the American Voting Process. It is not fair. Next time stick to your ideals of what you believe to be the a fair and due process. Don't let someone else decide or vote for you. You have a right, use it.
What was mentioned previously, I think Obama should do something about this situations to correct it. Hillary is the True Patriot in this situation.
If Obama was a true American Patriot that believed in Democracy he would insist on counting Florida and Michigan, even if he loses them. Come on Obama! Stand up for the American Way! Include ALL of the American People in this Democratic Race!
Florida and Michigan are still part of the USA and their votes deserve to be counted. Obama is not qualified to be a president nor does he really seem to be a patriotic person. Hilliary is a wonderful person with a lot of determination and would know what to do on Day ONE. Thank you, Hilliary Clinton, for standing for what you believe in and God Bless America! Kathy
It's all the fault of Florida's and Michigan's DNC chairpeople. And further exacerbated by Howard Dean's foot-dragging on wft to do about it. Had he grown some balls and made a quick decision without a team of lawyers(he's the fuckin head of the DNC for crying out loud), this could have been a done deal.
I'm resigned to the fact that if Hillary and Bill have gotten to more superdelegates, McCain will win, and Hillary will STILL be a loser.
I'm from Michigan and I will feel disenfranchised if the Democratic Party decides to seat the delegates. We were told in January that our votes wouldn't count, so I didn't go to the polls. I accepted the decision. To change the decision now wouldn't be fair.
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It was really fun counting the ballots in 2000. Marathon Man fun. Thanks for considering my Floridian opinion. I appreciate you telling us the truth up from you. It has been an honor putting my heart and soul into your campaign.
I enjoy it especially when you suck my poll.
Seems like she might have to beat the numbers that Bill had. That's a ;ot of math. Good thing she is good with checking the finances of each of her delegates to make sure they can support her through all of this.