If Senator Clinton tries this the Democratic National Committee will turn on her in almost no time flat. I can just see Lefty sites like Daily Kos and Huffington Post come to the realization how sleazy the Clintons are.
Posted on 02/11/2008 12:21:44 AM PST by bshomoic
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Imagine that as the convention approaches, Sen. Clinton is leading in the popular vote, but Sen. Obama has the delegate lead. Surely no one familiar with her history would doubt that her take-no-prisoners campaign team would do whatever it took to capture the nomination, including all manner of challenges to Obama delegates and tidal waves of litigation. [Barack Obama]
Indeed, it has already been reported that Sen. Clinton will demand that the convention seat delegates from Michigan and Florida, two states whose delegates have been disqualified by the party for holding January primaries in defiance of party rules. The candidates agreed not to campaign in those states. But Sen. Clinton opted to keep her name on the Michigan primary ballot, and staged a primary-day victory visit to Florida, winning both of those unsanctioned primaries. Her campaign is arguing that the delegates she won in each state be recognized despite party rules and notwithstanding her commitment not to compete in those primaries. Of course. "Count every vote."
As the convention nears, with Sen. Clinton trailing slightly in the delegate count, the next step might well be a suit in the Florida courts challenging her party's refusal to seat Florida's delegation at the convention. And the Florida courts, as they did twice in 2000, might find some ostensible legal basis for overturning the pre-election rules and order the party to recognize the Clinton Florida delegates. That might tip the balance to Sen. Clinton.
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If Hillary tries this, it will tear apart the Democrat Party for a long time to come.
At some point in the future, if Democrats can successfully pander to enough Hispanic voters and if Hispanic voters come out in large numbers, Democrats may be able to alienate black voters. But that time has not come yet.
In order for a Democrat to successfully run for state or national office, he/she needs an strong turnout and a large majority of black votes in some of the key battleground states.
The Clintons will be the nominee. I hope for it and I am sure of it. Look to Vince Foster and others. The Clintons will not let a little thing like losing the delegate count stop them. They have never let laws or lives stop them before.
If Senator Clinton tries this the Democratic National Committee will turn on her in almost no time flat. I can just see Lefty sites like Daily Kos and Huffington Post come to the realization how sleazy the Clintons are.
Remind me, which party is it that is always complaining about voter disenfranchisement?
“Clinton is no longer nearly as popular with Democrats as Obama.”
I hope she tries to seat these delegates. This will cause the biggest convention uproar since Daley and Ribicoff.
My 2 cents worth.....should Obama get the nom the Clintons will destroy him and should he get to be prez we could see a ground swell similar to 94 because of his policies. The Clintons cann claim their place as champs of the RATS. Conservatives can recover.
On the other hand if Butch Clinton gets in there......we may never recover...the machine will go after EVERYONE!
Folks need to take a long look at what’s happenning. McCain will lose....then what?(forget the huckster)
Don’t overlook who the author of this piece is. One could say he is the definitive authority on this issue.
“Maybe, but with Jeb Bush having appointed a couple of the Florida Supreme Court justices there would at least be a dissent pointing out how ridiculous the court looks this time.”Don’t overlook who the author of this piece is. One could say he is the definitive authority on this issue.
The DNC, like the RNC, is a private organization like the Odd Fellows or, in this case, the Liar's Club. That is why the two parties fought, and won, in court when the State of California presumed to pass a law requiring open primaries in that state. The constitutional right of free association does not permit the state to decide what a club's rules are.Consequently SCOTUS could, and IMHO would, overturn the SCoFLaws if they tried to change the rules of the national Democratic Party without any need to reference Bush v. Gore. Probably unanimously.
So I guess I think that Mr. Olson is being archly self-referential rather than publishing an sincere legal opinion.
“Don’t overlook who the author of this piece is. One could say he is the definitive authority on this issue.”
Yeas, and I did recommend him for vice-president in a couple other threads so I do have a lot of respect for him.
“Don’t overlook who the author of this piece is. One could say he is the definitive authority on this issue.”
Yes, and I did recommend him for vice-president in a couple other threads so I do have a lot of respect for him.
Ditto bump! Great article from a late FReeper's husband
Barbara K. Olson, AA flight 77, 9/11/2001 We will never forget, Barbara.
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