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Home Front: Politix
DNC quagmire continues in Florida, Michigan: now 50% less filling
2008-06-01
A Democratic party committee has declined to fully seat Florida's and Michigan's convention delegations, striking a serious blow to Hillary Clinton's increasingly long chances of overcoming Barack Obama to win the party nomination. The committee opted instead to halve the states' delegate votes, awarding in total 87 new delegates to Clinton and 63 to Obama. The committee rejected a move backed by the Clinton camp to recognise fully the Florida delegation.

When the meeting began, Obama was only 42 delegates short of the 2,026 then needed to clinch the nomination, but the added Florida and Michigan delegates have increased the number now needed to win.

Obama picked up a total of 32 delegates in Michigan, including superdelegates who have already committed, and 36 in Florida. Clinton picked up 38 in Michigan, including superdelegates, and 56.5 in Florida. Obama's total increased to 2,052, and Clinton had 1,877.5.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  I guess the Democrats know what 'disenfranchised voters' are after all.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2008-06-01 22:47  

#8  I love the irony..these idiots can't even get their own delegates right and they think they have a snowman's chance in hell of running the country...bunch of black & decker tools...
Posted by: Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6   2008-06-01 22:10  

#7  FOX NEWS + CNBC-MSNBC > rough consensus that, PRESUMING NO HILLARY FOR VPOTUS OR MAJOR ADMIN POSITION, ANY OBAMA VICTORY AGZ MCCAIN [Polls -anticipated November winner] MAY DEPEND ON HIS CHOICE OF RUNNING MATE + ESPEC THE ME SITUATION NOW THRU EOY 2008???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-06-01 19:39  

#6  By my math, Democrats in Michigan and Florida are now worth 83% of a circa 1800 slave.

Count every OTHER vote.
Posted by: eLarson   2008-06-01 16:32  

#5  OK so now we have it that Hillary likely has more delegtes won by voting. Obama is winning by the superdelegate.

Can we say SELECTED NOT ELECTED for Obama and the Dem nomination?
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-06-01 12:45  

#4  The principle of one man one vote is an anathema to the party's being. Just collect the chits of everyone who mouthed about the 'popular vote' in 2000. It's never been about right, justice, or truth. It's always been about POWER.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-06-01 08:35  

#3  Obama: Dem Party's biggest loser since Jefferson Davis.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2008-06-01 05:05  

#2  They seem to have difficulty with this 'voting' thing.
Posted by: SteveS   2008-06-01 04:24  

#1  In other words, not even 3/5ths of a person.

WTG Dhimmicrats.
Posted by: Seafarious   2008-06-01 02:08  

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