also it should be noted that Obama's campaigns problem with the re-vote was this very rule!
they didn't think it should apply since so democrats crossed over and voted in the GOP primary since the democratic one wouldn't count
now if they did a revote THOSE people can't now vote in the re-vote and is that really fair to them?
the rules where changed after the fact had they known there would be a redo they wouldnt have voted.
THIS was the problem with the Michigan revote, and THIS is what they had been debating
Now that it looks like Michigan might need to let the Democratic Party use the list of Republican primary voters we come to the other problem. The DNC rule talks about excluding anyone who
participates in the nominating processes of any other party for the corresponding elections. [emphasis added]
But how does an election with Obama not on either ballot "correspond" to an election where he is on the ballot? You could make a case that since there will be different candidates on the ballot the Republican primary held at the same time as the first Democratic primary does not "correspond" with the new one.
That takes care of the people who voted in the Republican primary because their candidate was not on the Democratic ballot, but it opens up a much bigger problem. All of the ditto heads who are told that Good Republicans should game the Democratic primary so that Hillary can, in Rush's words, "bloody up" Obama would be able to come and support Hillary as they seem to have done to a significant extent in Texas and Ohio.
No wonder Hillary feels safe in challenging Obama to support this sort of a revote.
it doesn't go by people on the ballot it is what is it for.
and it would still be the primary to nominate the 2008 presidential election nominee
the exact same election that the Jan 15th republican primary was for, to elect the 2008 presidential election nominee
so no they are still the same and the rule still applies
and obvious since he wasn't on the ballot he knows he probably had alot of voters cross over and if there is a revote Obama wants them back.
and its not fair to them that they rules changed mid way through and they get screwed out of their vote counting where they want it to count.
