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by cutting Michigan and Florida out, the democratic candidate selection process, has been hopelessly tainted. It's really to late to do a do-over -- had they counted, Kucinich, Biden, Edwards and who ever else I don't remember would get few notes today, but they might have done very well when the field was open totally changing the overall outcome.
I wish they had done a revote. It would have been fair for everyone.
CAUCUSES!!!! (June 10th)
The respective legislatures in Michigan and Florida along with the Democratic Parties in both states are the ones that chose to go against the rules established by the DNC and are the ones responsible.
Both Hillary and Barack agreed, from the very beginning, that they would not count the votes from any State that violated the rules set forth by the DNC. Now, with her back to the wall, Hillary wants to change the rules and that is just wrong. If a re-vote is out of the question then the delegates from both States should be divided equally between them. That is the fair and equable solution.
The respective legislatures in Michigan and Florida
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Which in Florida (I'm not positive about Michigan) is REPUBLICAN. Since they KNEW that the RNC would NEVER actually abide by the rules they set down (history has proven THAT lack of consistency) then if the DNC doesn't fold also it makes the RNC look more voter friendly and the DNC look like it wants to 'pick and choose' who gets a voice in choosing the nominee. Then you ADD the position that no one would be willing to vote for a Democrat (in the General Election) in FL & MI and you IMMEDIATELY have 54 Electoral Votes.
The SAD part is that this way of thinking means the Republican ACTUALLY believe that most American think that changing (or IGNORING) the rules for the benefit of a few (2 million is a few when you are talking about a population of hundreds of millions) is OK.
Then maybe someone can tell me why G.W.B. doing that has given him a 69% DISAPPROVAL rating?
Your point may have meant something if the Democrats in the state legislature didn't support this measure as well. Also, Florida was penalized by the RNC. I'm just not certain if it was done according to RNC rules (which are different from DNC rules) or not.
THEY SHOULD ANNOUNCE JUNE 10th CAUCUSES IN THOSE 2 FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN.
Obama does better in the caucus system, and if those are Hillary states, well..she's win, right???
This costs the states/taxpayers NOTHING!!