Frankly I think the only just action would have been a revote, but the Dems didn’t want to pay for it. Add Obama to the ballot in Michigan and suddenly the race changes. How many people voted Hillary because they felt an “uncommitted” was a waste and ran the risk of being a vote for Hillary in the long run anyway?
As for Florida, well, both of them violated the “no campaign” promise, just to different degrees. Personally I feel Hillary’s violation was more blatant since she just happened to schedule fund raisers, that she said weren’t campaigning, leading up to the election. To me, set foot in the state, getting press coverage, and meeting with potential voters and you are campaigning. Obama’s argument there is weaker though since his mass media buys just happened to include Florida stations (sorry Barry, I am willing to bet they’d have negotiated excluding those stations).
If the party wants to admit their original stance was inappropriate (which is debatable) it’s a lot easier to justify seating Florida than Michigan. Only one of the 2 candidates played dirty pool in Michigan. I don’t see justification for seating ANY Michigan delegates.
> Frankly I think the only just action would have been
> a revote, but the Dems didn’t want to pay for it.
They also didn’t want to open it up to Operation Chaos.
Plus, do I recollect that Hussien was not on the ballot
in one of those states? What would be done about that?
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Denver08 = Chicago68 + Miami72
... with any luck.