Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Dean: Dems will seat Fla. delegates if Obama says it’s ok

“Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said Wednesday the party was committed to seating Florida’s delegates at this summer’s convention as long as any agreement is supported by the party’s two presidential contenders.” AP

Florida knew the rules established by the Democratic National Committee: Have the primary on the date you want (too early) and we will not seat your delegates.

Pretty simple to understand, isn’t it? You’d think Even politicians in Floridaland should be able to grasp that.

Now the DNC caves in and tells Florida that even though they went against all the rules laid out, they will be seated and get to vote as long as Obama says it’s ok. (We all know Hillary will not have a problem with it because she “won” Florida.)

If Obama now says “no” to the FL delegates he will likely lose quite a number of FL superdelegates who previously said they’d support him. How could they vote for him if he disses their entire state?

If he says “yes” he may get some superdelegates, but will also mostly lose his lead because Hillary will be getting more than he does.

In essence the Democratic Committee not only said their own rules aren’t important, they also made a race that’s too close even closer.

Wow, that’s stupid.

Not only that, it’s precisely what the DNC vowed to prevent.

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Posted at 11:43 ET on April 2nd, 2008. Filed under "Florida| Democrats"
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