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Hillary Wants Michigan And Florida To Count

Fri Mar 7, 2008 at 03:26 pm

But only if they count the way she wants them to:

I would not accept a caucus. I think that would be a great disservice to the 2 million people who turned out and voted. I think that they want their votes counted. And you know a lot of people would be disenfranchised because of the timing and whatever the particular rules were. This is really going to be a serious challenge for the Democratic Party because the voters in Michigan and Florida are the ones being hurt, and certainly with respect to Florida the Democrats were dragged into doing what they did by a Republican governor and a Republican Legislature. They didn't have any choice whatsoever. And I don't think that there should be any do-over or any kind of a second run in Florida. I think Florida should be seated.

On other words, she wants the delegates based upon the vote that already happened. Thankfully Howard Dean is the chairman and not a Clinton.

I hate to say it, but, she is sounding more like Bush everyday. The rules are good and should be followed, if only they benefit you.

The MIchigan/Florida Mess

Wed Feb 6, 2008 at 07:31 pm

This is becoming more of a mess by the day:

It never did made sense to write off the Democratic primary votes in Florida and Michigan - and it makes even less sense now that Super Tuesday has brought forth a muddle in the delegate race.

Even the party official who stripped Florida and Michigan of convention delegates now seems open to revisiting their status.

When Howard Dean was asked on Tuesday in a CNN interview if he would support ultimately seating nominating delegates from the two states that he had punished for leapfrogging the primary calendar, the Democratic National Committee chairman said, "You want everybody on board." And he went on to announce that the delegate dispute "will be revisited by a credentials committee not controlled by me."

In other words, a bruising convention-eve credentials fight is brewing - which means that Florida and Michigan, the states once derided as meaningless, could actually put Hillary Rodham Clinton over the top in the final delgate count.

It never did make sense to strip the states of their delegates - a very poor decision in my opinion. The problem is that the decision was made none the less. Candidates changed their tactics regarding the party decision and that effected the outcome. For example - John Edwards and Barack Obama had their names removed from the Michigan ballot.

I said the other day that the only way they could make the delegates count was to hold a primary in those states again. Give each candidate 30 days to campaign in the two states and go from there. If the party decides to just let those delegates in, as they stand, then there is going to be tons of problems for the DNC. As much as I hate to say it, I think race will also be brought into the argument against them, and I can't really deny that argument. The DNC needs to choose very carefully in this decision.

More On Exit Polls

Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 10:16 pm

Following up on this early post about the CNN exit polling data something caught my eye. While 74% of Democrats picked their candidate before last week, only 53% did the same for the GOP. This shows that there is still much turmoil in the Republican field and we are a long way off before we know who the winner will be.

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Exit Polls Show Economy Number 1 Concern

Tue Jan 15, 2008 at 08:31 pm

Considering all the bad news coming out of Wall Street today , It's really no shock voters are concerned about their economic futures.

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