So, the Clinton campaign is apparently lobbying for the awarding of delegates from the Michigan and Florida voting, despite the clear statement from the Party that no delegates would be seated from those states.
This is wrong on so many levels. The whole point of purging our nation of the incalculable damage of the Bush regime, was to restore an atmosphere where laws and rules are no longer bent or discarded for political expediency.
If the 300 delegates from those two states are awarded to Clinton, and she goes on to win the nomination largely due to this margin, her candidacy is forever tainted, and the stain will haunt her history as the stain of the 2000 coup must surely haunt the Bush family (I intentionally didn't mention W by name, since he's incapable of being haunted by anything he's ever done that was unlawful, sleazy, or incompetent).
This truly stinks. It is a bad move, that may produce a short-term victory, at an ultimately great cost.
I agree. Even though I only registered Green this last year, I *WOULD* have switched back to Dem IF the Florida primary was going to count. My hope is that there will be enough support for Obama in the remaining primaries to give him the needed delegates ...without even needing to think of super delegates nor Florida and Michigan. Then the delegates from those states can go ahead and be seated at the convention, and we can pretend the Dem leadership (at state and national levels) was a bit more ...what... um, sensible.
ReplyDeleteTV here in Milwaukee is FILLED with Obama commercials - haven't seen that many for Hillary, which seems odd.
ReplyDeleteEveryone in my mother's facility voted absentee a couple of weeks ago. Expected to be VERY cold tomorrow (primary day), when I fly home to Portland.