A Michigan and or Florida Do Over?
February 7th, 2008
Apparently both Florida and Michigan can go to the DNC, file a proposal and could find some form of solution, perhaps re-hold their primaries or find some kind of other compromise and seat delegates at the convention to help avoid a fifty-fifty split and a brokered convention.
Chuck Todd on MSNBC reported that in 1996 Delaware did just that when it violated DNC rules.
This is getting interesting. More will undoubtedly be coming out.
Posted in Primaries | 2 Comments »
February 10th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Michigan sooo needs a “do over” Either the DNC should not seat the delegates, because that was the premise under which the primary was held, or a new vote needs to happen. There is no way the original vote should count — only Clinton was on the ballot and there was no campaign. There’s a pretty cute Michigan Do Over logo at http://www.cafepress.com/michigandems
March 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
They want an electoral mulligan. The big complaint I keep hearing it that the people of FL and MI deserve to have their voices heard. Damn straight they do AND they actually have. The democratic voters in both those states elected people to represent their interests who saw fit to ignore the rules of the national nominating process. The voters of FL and MI should have their say. They did and will. The next time they vote they ought to vote for people other than the knuckleheads that decided to disenfranchise them. 48 out of 50 states managed to get it right.