NO TO FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN DELEGATES

By: RuralD
Published On: 2/5/2008 9:05:50 AM

CLINTON DEFENDERS TAKE NOTE:

CLINTON AGREED, SHE GAVE HER WORD!!!

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT YOUR CANDIDATE'S WORD IS WORTH SPIT?

Also let us put this myth to BED: RECORD TURNOUT IN FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN.  Absolute Clinton Bull.

DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT WAS ACTUALLY 12 % BELLOW REPUBLICAN TURNOUT IN FLORIDA!!!

So that means that Democratic turnout was really 24% BELLOW Democratic turn out in South Carolina (if you take the R turnout as the baseline).

THIS IS IN A PRIMARY SEASON WHERE DEMOCRATS IN CONTESTED RACES ARE OUT PREFORMING REPUBLICANS BY DOUBLE DIGITS!!!

How is it fair to award the lions share of the Delegates to a state where people did not vote because they were conscious of the rules that all the candidates agreed to!?

MICHIGAN

Well, the Clinton talking points coming out of Florida was that Hillary received more votes than McCain; WELL in Michigan Romney, probably the weakest Republican candidate I have ever seen, Romney got more votes than Clinton!!!!

Republican turnout was way, way, way above Democratic turnout:

R: 835,136

D: 588,211

Comments



I agree (Rebecca - 2/5/2008 12:32:15 PM)
If Clinton will not follow the rules of the Democratic party then I would expect her to continue the signing statements as executiive. In others words we will have a female version of George Bush.


As a Florida voter (relawson - 2/5/2008 5:42:19 PM)
I think that the rest of the party will soon find out why Howard Dean is a MORON as party chair.  There were less draconian measures that could have been taken.

Now, you risk a showdown over Florida and Michigan delegates.  Not to mention, problems in the general election because Republicans have been in these states the last 6 months building momentum.  The Democrats just showed up.

As far as I'm concerned, nobody deserves our delegates.  They didn't campaign here.  It was a popularity contest.  And the snowbirds from NYC swung the vote to HRC.



Whole-heartedly agree (8thDistrictDonkey - 2/5/2008 6:53:33 PM)
Imagine that...Team Hillary trying to game the system.  Never thought I'd see that.

But in all seriousness, what can be done to remedy this situation?  As you might guess, I'm an Obama supporter--but I'm not in favor of having Dems disenfranchised.  Would it be possible for Florida and Michigan to hold caucuses, choosing half the delegates to which they were originally entitled, after the last primaries in June if the winning margin of delegates hangs in the balance?  Just an idea.



Holding Caucus (relawson - 2/5/2008 10:17:55 PM)
Doubtful it would happen in Florida.  It would require Republicans in the state legislature to vote in favor of it.

And why would they?  They like watching us gasp for air.  

What baffles me is that nobody gets the pickle we are in.  I have been screaming about this the last 4 months!



Obama . . . (JPTERP - 2/6/2008 2:59:36 AM)
has said he would be open to competing in a contest sanctioned by the Democratic party.  Part of me worries about this a bit, because I think Hillary has some demographic advantages in the state.  But it may be necessary -- and it might mend some intra-party bad blood.  A real competition is a much better route than allowing delegates to be seated from the name ID contest that happened a few weeks ago.