I'm passing this along from dailykos since many of you don't visit there. Delaware Dem (YAY!!) has the scoop
Seat the delegations AS ALREADY ELECTED in MI and FL.
100%. The uncommitteds already elected as delegates remain. They vote for whoever they want.
Disqualify all superdelegates from MI and FL.
All primary voters are 100% "enfranchised".
Superdelegates are politicians, politicians are the ones who screwed up, let them take the punishment.
(Obama still wins easily.)
I've come across this talking point so many times it makes my head spin,"Obama doesn't want to count every vote!" and "He's the one disenfranchising MI and FL voters."
Well, not so. Wanna know who punished those states? The majority was Team Clinton, that's who.
From an article at Slate
How do we fix this? There is an obvious divide between Clinton supporters and Obama supporters. This divide is growing worse by the day, especially between the extreme supporters of each side. First, let me state that while an Obama supporter myself, I do not think that Clinton should drop out unless it is her choice. If she chooses, she has every right to run the whole way to the convention. Were she to obtain the nomination, I would vote for her.
I want to focus on the chasm between the supporters. It is not just a problem for the Obama campaign... were Clinton to become the nominee, it would likely be an issue for her campaign as well. So, how do WE fix this?
Honest question. (And try to keep the sniping back and forth to a minimum)
After reading the pdf provided in this link by portia9 in another diary:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/apache.3cdn.net/ de68e7b6dfa0743217_hwm6bhyc4.pdf
Allegedly, Rasmussen shows both candidates in a tie with McCain in Michigan. As for Virginia, it is McCain 47%, Obama 44%; McCain 47%, Hillary 41%. In North Carolina, it is McCain
47%, Obama 44%; McCain 43%, Hillary 40%.
http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=8105
These numbers are good for both candidates, especially for North Carolina and Virginia. The Michigan poll numbers are a little disappointing for both but then again, neither candidate has campaigned there while McCain has spent a decent amount of time in that state and has held fundraisers in Michigan. Michigan is probably more of a must-win for Obama than it is for Clinton given his difficulties in Ohio. Pandering on NAFTA should allow both candidates to keep this state blue in the end.
According to Simon Rosenberg, the Clintons disingenuous efforts to count the ridiculous FL/MI results (rather than simply find a compromise that makes sure FL/MI are represented at the convention) has really pissed off some superdelegates:
In addition to sounding like she has been trying to rewrite the rules in the middle of the game, I think the strident rhetoric by the Clinton campaign on the sanctioning of FL and MI has done grave damage to their campaign. Most of the superdelegates, who at this point have the power to decide the outcome of the race, are from the other 48 states and 6 territories. They played by the rules. They are not interested in rewarding FL and MI for bad behavior and have resented the approach taken by the Clintons.
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