Posted on 05/30/2008 2:05:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Top Michigan Democrats yesterday rebelled against a plan to seat just half of the state's delegates, demanding that the national party seat them all - and give a majority to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The plea to the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee from four prominent pols, including uncommitted Sen. Carl Levin, comes amid controversy over how to represent Michigan and Florida at the August convention.
The 30-member rules panel meets tomorrow to decide what to do about the two states, which were stripped of their delegates for moving up their primaries on the calendar against DNC rules.
Party lawyers, in a 38-page memo to the committee, said it "legally" can't restore more than half of the stripped delegates because that's an automatic punishment for the calendar violation.
The Michigan Democrats said the rules committee ought to stick to a compromise measure. Under that plan, Clinton would have 69 pledged delegates and Obama 59.
But another Michigan DNC member, Clinton backer Joel Ferguson, broke with state leaders and said that plan is "fatally flawed."
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects the nomination to be settled shortly after voting ends next Tuesday and Obama will probably have enough delegates.
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These clowns can’t run their own primary system but they think they have all the answers for running the country and the world.
I do believe that he may edge out another squeaker om electoral votes.
But I am not even sure about that.
Must be the ‘new’ Reverend, tainted souls.
McCain can win in a landslide with a good VP choice.
McCain can win in a landslide with a good VP choice.
No, he cannot.
The most that he can do - if he does most of everything right - is to win by one or two states, and 2 states is a stretch.
Obama and the democrats are stronger than you care to admit.
How Soviet!
McCain will carry all states Bush won and will win battlefield states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada and New Mexico. Obama will have an hard time to carry the states Hillary won in the primary. My bet is McCain might have a shot (though not enough probably) in New England.
I would rather think he would have a shot in the Northeast, where RINOs are a thriving species. He fits in perfectly, sad to say.
I love what the Dem’s are teaching our children.
1st: a you-know-what is not considered “SEX” and
2nd: if you sign an agreement and do not like how it turns out, break it. Rules to not matter.
That's a good one! Karl Lenin is uncommitted to the people of the State of Michigan, not just to their delegate process. He is a do nothing empty suit that the stupid union doofuses keep on reelecting because their fuehrers tell them to, aided and abetted by the spinless Wimpus Americanus Apologeticus MIGOP. He then thanks them by helping to block meaningful measures for energy independence for the US thus helping the domestic auto makers to go ass up in the ditch putting stupid autoworkers and ancillary union goons out of jobs. I understand his mother liked him too.
Is all this Demo division going to help McCain in MI? I somehow doubt it but he has shown surprising strength in some polls there. FL Dems admit many of them will not turn out for Obama if Clinton’s delegates are not counted. I wonder if Clinton voters in MI will be so mad over the delegate mess that enough of them would stay home to tip the election to McCain. That would be a shocker.
after the latest b. HUSSEIN priest f’ up.....tell it to the lib/dem catholics that surely will NOT vote for the closet muzzie racist and his church!!!
This HAS to go to Denver. It’s human nature. All the Michigan and Florida delegates have to have their hearts set on taking center stage at the convention.
He can also blow the election by continuing to push his amnesty b.s.
But like the "right" Dem had to be ready to step in when the Republican Party of Herbert Hoover collapsed, so too the right conservative must be ready when the Dems implode, and as of this minute I don't see such a person.
So at the very least the left will call him an "illegitimate" president who "stole" the election from the black guy, and at the worst, he could lose by perhaps 50 EVs so that the left will call it a "landslide."
Only if the democrats are not cheating, and when are democrats not cheating
barry hussein would be easier to defeat - he is seen as much more radical by the squishy middle. hellry could easily defeat juan mccain.
Whatever happens, America is screwed with more socialism, rationing energy & health care and less free market America.
I have been trying to get people to understand this for some time. McStain can't win. Not gonna happen for quite a few reasons.
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