Florida & Michigan - The Delegate Debate
The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee today debates whether and how to count & seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida, who were disqualified when they went against the DNC and scheduled their primaries too early.
I turned on MSNBC for the few moments I could stand of their live coverage.
A lot of righteous whining about how it's unfair to Florida voters to be disenfranchised, they did nothing wrong, they have a right to have their vote count. As if the DNC just arbitrarily decided to render Florida & Michigan votes invalid.
Simple question: Who put the voters in this position to start with? The DNC? No. It was the Democratic powers that be in those states who decided to flout the DNC's rules and hold their primaries early. Like they couldn't foresee today's festivities. They're the ones who acted unfairly against their own voters for breaking the rules and putting those voters in a position where their vote might not count.
Obama wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan, so I think it's patently unfair to count that state at this point. Compromise, people.
Frankly, I don't see the big deal one way or the other. Who cares if they had their primaries early? Perhaps there is some line of reasoning or tactics that I am not aware of.
As it stands, I just want this primary season to end and get the national campaign started. McCain gets stronger by the week as Democrats continually sc**w themselves with these shenanigans.
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