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SirSeymour · 03-12-2008, 09:00 AM

So, if you are a Dem what do you do with Florida and Michigan at this point?

Obviously no one anticipated that the race would be this close at this point and that the potential of not seating the delegates would cause a crisis when that decision was made. Just as obviously the states of Florida and Michigan thought the DNC was full of hot air when they threatened to no seat the delegates if these two states broke the rules they had already agreed to.

So what do you do at this point if you are the DNC?

Stick to your guns and shut these two states out of the convention?
Split the delegates down the middle and call it good?
Go with the results of the first election even though Obama was not even on the ballot in one of these states?
Do over? And if so, who pays?

As for myself, I would be very tempted to say tough. They knew the rules when they decided to break them. Shoot...they approved the rules. They knew what the waiting punishment was for breaking the rules and did it anyway when 48 other states stuck to them. To back off now and allow for the delegates to be seated is to say that there is no punishment for breaking the rules and that the DNC has no teeth.

What is the realistic fallout from this course? Not much, I don't think. Will it change the way the two states vote in the general election? Maybe in the case of Florida (which is not a small deal, I grant you) but I doubt it matters much to Michigan. It is going to go Democrat regardless I think. Florida might be borderline but I am thinking it goes GOP regardless as well. However, a show of integrity by the DNC might go a long way in other places.

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SirSeymour Ambling Toward the Light Location: The Early 16th Century	What to do with Florida and Michigan? So, if you are a Dem what do you do with Florida and Michigan at this point? Obviously no one anticipated that the race would be this close at this point and that the potential of not seating the delegates would cause a crisis when that decision was made. Just as obviously the states of Florida and Michigan thought the DNC was full of hot air when they threatened to no seat the delegates if these two states broke the rules they had already agreed to. So what do you do at this point if you are the DNC? Stick to your guns and shut these two states out of the convention? Split the delegates down the middle and call it good? Go with the results of the first election even though Obama was not even on the ballot in one of these states? Do over? And if so, who pays? As for myself, I would be very tempted to say tough. They knew the rules when they decided to break them. Shoot...they approved the rules. They knew what the waiting punishment was for breaking the rules and did it anyway when 48 other states stuck to them. To back off now and allow for the delegates to be seated is to say that there is no punishment for breaking the rules and that the DNC has no teeth. What is the realistic fallout from this course? Not much, I don't think. Will it change the way the two states vote in the general election? Maybe in the case of Florida (which is not a small deal, I grant you) but I doubt it matters much to Michigan. It is going to go Democrat regardless I think. Florida might be borderline but I am thinking it goes GOP regardless as well. However, a show of integrity by the DNC might go a long way in other places. __________________ SQL query SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 Zero rows returned.... Last edited by SirSeymour; 03-12-2008 at 09:03 AM..