Saturday, March 8, 2008

Will Florida and Michigan Delegates be Seated at DNC

Who is really going to decide

Florida and Michigan decided on their own that they want to set the tone for the national primaries. Per the democratic nation committee rules only four states can hold primaries and/or caucuses before February 5, 2008, in spite of these rules Florida and Michigan voted to hold their primaries on January 29, 2008 thus violating the party's rules. The consequence of this action is that their delegates would not be seated at the the DNC in Denver, Colorado this summer or have their votes counted toward the Democratic nominee.

Record number voters turned out - Hillary wins. Obama decided to take his name out of the running and now that the race is so close. Neither Obama or Hillary don't have the number of delegates to win. Now its time they come back and want to the change the rules.

What about fair play and following the rules?

Should they be permitted to be seated/counted? Should they cause taxpayers money to be diverted from other noble causes to have a re-do. All along it was both Florida and Michigan's choice to put themselves and their party in this positions which may create a divide amongst the party. Be careful what you vote for because it can come back and haunt you.

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