The Florida Democratic Party has announced that it will not hold a re-vote,by mail or otherwise, even if the costs are covered by private funds. Instead, the party will push the DNC to seat the Florida delegates on the basis of the January primary election. Many feel that this ensures a battle that may well end up on the convention floor in August. While the arguments on both sides of this issue abound, any resolution is sure to leave one side or the other in a major snit. Moreover, it might be the source of additional fuel to be added to the fire that Will result should the convention arrive without a selected candidate, a condition which is looking more and more likely as the remaining primaries are not expected to provide either of the leading candidates with enough committed delegates to clinch the nomination.
Obama is leading in the delegate count and if this continues it will be interesting to watch Clinton supporters argue that he should be denied the nomination in favor of herself. Hillary is not likely to go quietly into the good night.
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So the DNC told Florida and Michigan not to move their primaries, or they would lose their delegates. Florida and Michigan, either not getting the concept or not caring, moved their primaries. So Howard Dean stripped them of their delegates. So far, things are making sense.
The Democrat candidates all agreed to abide by this decision. Again, so far so good.
But then, Little Miss Entitled started losing the nomination race. Apparently, the Voters didn't get the memo stating that it was Her Turn. Suddenly, Florida and Michigan had to be included. It was immoral to disenfranchise these voters. One suspects that she'd be just fine with leaving them disenfranchised had they voted for Obama.
Only in the Democrat party would this even be an issue. The GOP would make a decision and stand by it. Wormy, self serving attempts to rewrite the rules in the middle of the game would be laughed out the door. If Howard Dean had any... spine, he'd already have brought the hammer down. What a weenie.
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