An elegant solution
By Carl
It's not like this was either unexpected or unfair:
'Nuff said.
If the Democrats have any chance of winning in November, irrespective of who is the nominee, then Florida and Michigan have to be allowed to have their say in the nominating process or precious votes will peel away.
Period.
The history of the primary shuffle that created this mess is one that sees the direct involvement (in Florida) of the Republican-led legislature, who moved the Florida primary up knowing full well the rules of the DNC stated that Iowa and New Hampshire were entitled to first votes.
Knowing full well the Democratic National Committee would have to invalidate any primary held, and unseat any delegation chosen, the Republicans could then run ads in this crucial state, reminding voters there how little the Democrats care for Florida's concerns.
And they'd be right. And it would be hard for any candidate to argue against that, and would require enormous amounts of time and money, both of which will be in short supply come the fall.
Michigan is a slightly different case, since it was the Democratic party, along with a Democratic governor, but a split legislature. Here, the party proposed the move, and took it to State Supreme Court, in an effort to enhance Michigan's role in the primary process.
Granholm, it should be noted, has endorsed Obama, who's campaign has worked hard behind the scenes to deprive 25,000,000 Americans the right to vote for a Democratic candidate for President in this critical election.
That's less than one percent of the American population. It makes you wonder what they're so terrified of. But I digress...
There are myriad reasons for either doing a revote or allowing the current primary results to stand, and not one single legitimate reason for denying the vote to these two critical states to the economic and political future of the nation.
Weinstein recognizes this and is offering to privately finance the elections (with some small help). While Obama and to a lesser extent, Clinton have raked in gobs of cash, the DNC is actually running behind its previous contribution levels (probably a result of Obama's fundraising drying up the well... there's talk he's negotiated a fundsharing deal with Dean).
Weinstein's solution is the best possible one out there: re-run the primaries (since that would place them well behind the February 5 deadline), and allow those results to stand.
What is Obama so scared of? He never seems to take a stand on anything that advances the cause of populist democracy in America...
(Cross-posted to Simply Left Behind.)
It's not like this was either unexpected or unfair:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton supporter Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off contributions to congressional Democrats unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embraced his plan to finance revotes in Florida and Michigan, three officials familiar with their conversation said.
'Nuff said.
If the Democrats have any chance of winning in November, irrespective of who is the nominee, then Florida and Michigan have to be allowed to have their say in the nominating process or precious votes will peel away.
Period.
The history of the primary shuffle that created this mess is one that sees the direct involvement (in Florida) of the Republican-led legislature, who moved the Florida primary up knowing full well the rules of the DNC stated that Iowa and New Hampshire were entitled to first votes.
Knowing full well the Democratic National Committee would have to invalidate any primary held, and unseat any delegation chosen, the Republicans could then run ads in this crucial state, reminding voters there how little the Democrats care for Florida's concerns.
And they'd be right. And it would be hard for any candidate to argue against that, and would require enormous amounts of time and money, both of which will be in short supply come the fall.
Michigan is a slightly different case, since it was the Democratic party, along with a Democratic governor, but a split legislature. Here, the party proposed the move, and took it to State Supreme Court, in an effort to enhance Michigan's role in the primary process.
Granholm, it should be noted, has endorsed Obama, who's campaign has worked hard behind the scenes to deprive 25,000,000 Americans the right to vote for a Democratic candidate for President in this critical election.
That's less than one percent of the American population. It makes you wonder what they're so terrified of. But I digress...
There are myriad reasons for either doing a revote or allowing the current primary results to stand, and not one single legitimate reason for denying the vote to these two critical states to the economic and political future of the nation.
Weinstein recognizes this and is offering to privately finance the elections (with some small help). While Obama and to a lesser extent, Clinton have raked in gobs of cash, the DNC is actually running behind its previous contribution levels (probably a result of Obama's fundraising drying up the well... there's talk he's negotiated a fundsharing deal with Dean).
Weinstein's solution is the best possible one out there: re-run the primaries (since that would place them well behind the February 5 deadline), and allow those results to stand.
What is Obama so scared of? He never seems to take a stand on anything that advances the cause of populist democracy in America...
(Cross-posted to Simply Left Behind.)
Labels: 2008 primaries, Barack Obama, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi
8 Comments:
I hate to call you an idiot, but you just asserted that 25,000,000 is less than 1% of the United States population. It is, in fact, 8.333% of the United States population. I don't know which of your numbers is wrong, and I don't care to look. But your inattention to detail makes just about everything you say less than worthless.
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Fargus..., at 1:58 PM
Nothing is stopping Michigan and Florida from having legal primary or caucus and seating their delegates. If they expect someone else to pay for their rule breaking, they can get stuffed. Seating them as is, based on illegal primaries in one of which you didn't even have all candidates on the ballot, spits in the face of the 48 states who followed the rules agreed to by all 50. Nobody is denying anybody a vote - but they have to follow the rules.
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