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Dean: Florida and Michigan Delegations Will Be Seated

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Posted by tipper 2008-05-04 13:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I can't wait for Dean to explain to all those Obama supporters who stayed home because they were told... "it is just a beauty contest and if you vote, it won't count!"; that their intentions will be represented at the convention too!! Dean has only two choices, stick with the 'no count' rule or revote both states!! Problem; one option is cheaper to implement, the second is cheaper to ignore! With no one demonizing the local election officials for allowing the vote in the first place after the warning last year; or the state legislators responsible for 'pushing it through', or even Dean and his committee by firing them...Obama may come out of this as the lone Grinch that has to take the matter to court.

Posted by smn 2008-05-04 14:14|| 2008-05-04 14:14|| Front Page Top

#2 And no one is demonizing either Iowa or New Hampshire for their game of rushing far more populous states to give up their electorate's rights for the short term boost to the local political tourist industry every four years. So the states, particularly large ones, aren't putting up with it. It puts STATES back into the title United STATES of America. The party is the one that needs to make adjustments.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-05-04 14:21|| 2008-05-04 14:21|| Front Page Top

#3 'Seating' is one thing, voting on the first ballot is another....

Posted by Muggsy Gling 2008-05-04 15:11|| 2008-05-04 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 This in keeping with the Democrats' Credo: Rules are for Republicans.

Posted by RWV 2008-05-04 15:35|| 2008-05-04 15:35|| Front Page Top

#5 They will be seated at the kids table and be required to STFU or else.

GO CRAZY CORINNE BROWN count all the damn votes!

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-04 16:03|| 2008-05-04 16:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama leads by 155 delegates.
Florida: Clinton 105 delegates, Obama 67.
Michigan: Clinton 73 delegates, 55 uncommitted.

Net: Clinton +111, 55 uncommitted.

Bill and Hill's fixers are feverishly working behind the scenes.

Posted by ed 2008-05-04 16:41|| 2008-05-04 16:41|| Front Page Top

#7 I knew those FBI files would come in handy someday

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-05-04 17:03|| 2008-05-04 17:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Clintons = Couple of underhanded weasels. If Hildebeast ~~wins~~ steals the nomination, there will be a lot of black Democratic voters heading for McCain.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-05-04 18:10|| 2008-05-04 18:10|| Front Page Top

#9 That's what I'm planning on, John.

Posted by Karl Rove">Karl Rove 2008-05-04 18:28|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-05-04 18:28|| Front Page Top

#10 sometimes I think that Obama was only supposed to run as a foil against Hillary. That way the democrats could vet Hillary's glaring disqualifiers against a "worthy opponent" and allow her to look stronger for winning. Then, when the issues come up in the general election the Clinton's could do their time tested trick of say, "this has all been discussed before and we need to move on".

Only problem is that Obama played a much stronger hand than anyone expected and he didn't die the way he was supposed to when they started exposing his glaring disqualifiers.

If Dean does this, it is going to cause a serious and irrepairable breach in their party over the long term. African Americans have reflexively voted democrat without ever even giving a thought to what exactly they were voting for. The democrats are going to lose their loyalty and they will never get it back. And.. that is a good thing. It will just allow the scales to fall off the eyes of the African Americans and allow them to see that the democratic party never threw them anything except low expecations and empty promises.

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-05-04 19:49|| 2008-05-04 19:49|| Front Page Top

#11 SB, you've obviously got a lot more faith than I have in the intelligence and rational reasoning capacity of the average black voter. That the Dems have been taking them for granted has been obvious for years but blacks still go for them almost en bloc. I'd not bet money on it changing anytime soon.

Posted by Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-05-04 19:54|| 2008-05-04 19:54|| Front Page Top

#12 "If Dean does this, it is going to cause a serious and irrepairable breach in their party over the long term."

What's the downside, Sninert? :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-04 20:12|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-05-04 20:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Mom and Little Sister live in MI, and have been writing letters to Lansing demanding that NO WAY do they want to pay for any part of a revote. Seems that is off the table, but then again Dean said that there would be no MI or FLA delegates either.

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