Posted on 05/28/2008 7:15:58 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
DNC: Fla., Mich. Can't Be Fully Restored By AP/NEDRA PICKLER
(WASHINGTON) — A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers.
Democratic National Committee rules require that the two states lose at least half of their convention delegates for holding elections too early, the party's legal experts wrote in a 38-page memo.
The memo was sent late Tuesday to the 30 members of the party's Rules and Bylaws Committee, which plans to meet Saturday at a Washington hotel. The committee is considering ways to include the two important general election battlegrounds at the nominating convention in August, and the staff analysis says seating half the delegates is "as far as it legally can" go.
Saturday's meeting is expected to draw a large crowd, with Clinton supporters among those encouraging a protest outside demanding that all the states' delegates be seated. Proponents of full reseating have mailed committee members Florida oranges and pairs of shoes to get their attention.
DNC officials are concerned about a potentially large turnout at the "Count Every Vote" rally outside the event and have asked the hotel staff to increase security to keep everyone safe. The DNC says the roughly 500 seats available to the public inside were taken within three or four minutes of becoming available online Tuesday.
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Lawsuit and demonstration time. When I was a kid, national conventions always had delegates marching and shouting in the aisles. This year should be a duzy. A night of long cat claws.
Bush's legacy? I thought it was crybaby Gore who tried to throw out the constitution and steal the election. Please explain how that got to be Bush's legacy.
I’m referring to the fact that we lost Congress, are now facing the possibility of a filibuster proof, veto proof majority and more people now call themselves Democrats, etc.
It isn’t all Bush’s fault and he has done a good job on WOT and Supreme Court judges (not counting Harriet), but the overspending, pissing off his base with amnesty, and not being very good at self-defense in the media will cost us.
Well, hold your cocktail about 300 feet away and observe goons in action. If you wet yourself watching this while laughing, you are having a good time.
In Florida you CANNOT cross over!??!
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