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.
Agreed, BB.
Anything that keeps the mud flying between Barry O and Hil-LIAR-y is mighty sweet. You don’t see demo Jenny Granholm calling for a re-do in Michigan.
Cholly should get some points for a nice piece of strategery...
The GOP nomination is not over. McCain needs 52% of the remaining pledged delegates in order to guarantee a win on the first ballot and avoid a brokered convention no matter how he acts for the next six months. Only the pledged delegates have to vote for him. The rest could still see him for how flawed he is, something that given the time frame, he is likely to do.
REPUBLICANS NEED A DO OVER AS WELL, MCCAIN???? PLEASE, WE HAVE BETTER MEN THAN HIM.
would love a brokered convention, McCainiac is NOT and should NOT be the nom.
Warner Graham Craig
One more, actually.
Don’t know about Warner.
Wow - Republicans so badly want Hillary to be the nominee.
Its pure and simple. This is the ultimate proof.
Pubs fear Obama. They feel they can’t beat him.
Have been saying all along - KLINTONS DON’T LOSE.
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.
So...This guy S___ Can we get Jeb back?
Lets just make things up out of whole cloth.
The Florida primary was closed.
From the article: "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."
Not with my damn tax money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So why is this loser Crist being so helpful to Democrats?
Hmmm.. I’m running out of candidates
I can’t imagine. I’ve never heard of it happening before. Shades of corruption: I can’t think of anything “un-crooked” about it.
The primary took place. The party has decided not to seat the delegates. The only possible battle is over whether to seat the delegates. If the party was wrong about disenfranchising the Florida Dem vote, then the candidates should have dealt with it as they saw fit at the time.
The only reason for a revote is because BHO let it slip past him at the time.
why would anybody go out of his or her way to help the enemy.
Let them fight it out like men. Many are hoping the jails are full in denver, i am hoping for the morgues to be full.
There were rampant reports of people being allowed to switch on election day or even cross the lines against the ground rules. See the live thread for some examples and there were others posted.
Charlie Crist is an idiot who was elected by bigger idiots who believed that he was Jeb Lite!
Who pays for the mulligan?
I agree. I hope they do it. It will be hilarious.
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