Posted on 03/02/2008 5:12:04 PM PST by LdSentinal
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Florida Governor Charlie Crist said he'd support a repeat of the Democratic presidential primary so the state's delegates can be counted at the party's national convention.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said he's open to the possibility. Primary elections are paid for by a state's taxpayers, so the offer from Crist, a Republican, is ``very helpful'' because money is an issue, Dean said.
``We're very willing to listen to the people of Florida,'' Dean said on CNN's ``Late Edition'' program today.
The Democratic Party stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates to the convention as punishment for holding votes before the sanctioned date of Feb. 5. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, head of the Democratic National Convention, said last month that delegates from those states shouldn't decide the nomination.
New York Senator Clinton beat Illinois Senator Barack Obama in the Florida contest Jan. 29, though neither campaigned there in accordance with the party's decision. Clinton won in Michigan after her rivals withdrew from the ballot.
Clinton said Jan. 25 that delegates from Florida and Michigan should be seated at the Democratic National Convention in August.
Dean said the dispute over seating delegates is the fault party leaders, not Florida voters.
``If they would like to fix that problem so that we can seat Florida without any problems, of course we would like to seat Florida,'' he said.
Crist said, ``I think it's very important though that those delegates are seated.
``I'm hopeful that the Democratic National Committee comes to the conclusion it's the right thing to do,'' he said on CNN today.
Of course he is ok with it...it is only taxpayer dollars...again...
Pure genius by Crist! I love it! He forces the Dems to hold a vote and seat Florida, where Hillary regularly outpolls Obama by 20 points - ensuring a deadlocked Dem. convention! The Dems have to accept Crist’s challenge or it appears they are disenfranchising Florida voters, who they can’t piss off for the general election!
hahaha, way to go Crist!
Hillary will never support this.
You only revote it you lose. And in Florida you only keep counting until you’re ahead.
The Obama people should go balistic if they do this. It is an obvious attempt to save Hillary.
I thought the question was in allowing the votes to count, not in people not getting to vote. If this is allowed, then all states should get to re-vote. If Clinton weren’t losing, this probably wouldn’t even be considered.
No cherry picking voting allowed!
Brawl 2. Coming right up.
The more I see my Florida Governor, the less I like the weasel. What a slimy p.o.s.
That’s an excellent point.
Yes, but ain't bipartisanship grand? A Republican governor is willing to stick it to the taxpayers so that he can "reach across the aisle" to correct a mess the Dems themselves created.
It just furthers Charlie's creds as the perfect running mate for McCain.
Who’s he endorsed... Obama?
I agree, this is a brilliant move by Crist. If the Dems/Obama turn them down,they’re pretty much kissing off a key swing state in the fall. If they accept, Clinton likely wins (given Obama’s dumb Castro comment and his problems with Hispanics and the displaced New Yorkers) and further fractures the party.
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