3 posts tagged “michigan”

The rules and bylaws committee did this with a straight face.  This decision does nothing to unify the Democratic Party.  I'll leave it at that but "it is what it is"

...We strongly object to the Committee’s decision to undercut its own rules in seating Michigan’s delegates without reflecting the votes of the people of Michigan.

The Committee awarded to Senator Obama not only the delegates won by Uncommitted, but four of the delegates won by Senator Clinton. This decision violates the bedrock principles of our democracy and our Party.

We reserve the right to challenge this decision before the Credentials Committee and appeal for a fair allocation of Michigan’s delegates that actually reflect the votes as they were cast.

The excerpt is from: Statement by Harold Ickes and Tina Flournoy

I think Senator Obama made a mistake by not just seating the delegates.  At this point it would not make a difference in the outcome.  The decision by the committee only  makes it tougher for Obama because the media now has a talking point that they will use to undermine him in the general election.   Seat  Florida  100%  and  Michigan  50%  same  outcome  concerning  nomination and no one feels slighted.

I think FDR said it best.  I wonder if Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee would agree with him?

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group,”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Goracle Speaks

"Former Veep doesn’t rule out an endorsement, and/but expects the party to come together, a de facto nominee to be determined sooner rather than later, and the Florida and Michigan delegations to be seated in Denver"