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Display:
The news media have used the same language - and called their votes "illegal".
And we have never, NEVER known the news media to be sensationalist.

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by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:18:54 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I don't see any difference in breaking a party agreement that was made to IN ADVANCE by all parties, and breaking the law. Maybe you do.

A contract is a contract. An agreement is an agreement. I find it shocking her supporters aren't disturbed by this.

Now what else did I say that you claim was untrue, re Hillary?

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:51:49 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I do see a big difference, but I guess we'll have to disagree on that.

Here is the other one. link  I still stand by what I said in response in that context, though in light of what is going on with regard to Michigan and Florida I will cede the point that she is, in fact, trying to break party rules.

Tengo un sueño.
by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:58:21 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Except ejmw:

Ambinder:  Would Bush's Justice Department Have To OK New Florida, Michigan Mail Primaries?

Here's the reasoning: while a federal judge last year upheld the DNC's right to interpret the rules of its own primary -- even if those rules meant the technical disenfranchisement of an entire state of voters -- the ruling did not touch on the form of the election itself.

When a party decides to change its rules in midstream, five counties in Florida and two counties in Michigan must ask the Department of Justice's Voting Section to make sure that the new rules do not violate the rights of any aggreived minorities. Alternatively, they can ask a federal judge to bless the new rules, but that would take, at the very least, six months.

[.]

If the party decides to forgo pre-clearance and decides to take off without permission, well, lawsuits would block its path -- from minority groups worried that the vote-by-mail process would disenfranchise African Americans.There is political gamesmanship in play as well. New primaries of any sort will undoubtedly decrease the popular vote margin between Obama and Clinton, the superdelegate margin between Obama and Clinton, and the elected delegate margin between the two -- the latter, probably very narrowly. And if the primaries are scheduled in early June, they'll give Clinton the final push of momentum.

A spokesperson for the DNC said the party was aware of the pre-clearance objection and was looking into it.

Aides to Hillary Clinton are, at my request, having lawyers look at the law and when they get back to me, I will get back to you.

I give difference to Obama's inner circle lawyers, headed by the most capable Greg Craig. Yes, the same Greg Craig who headed Bill Clinton's Impeachment defense team.

Oh the irony, huh.

Well, Ambinder did not have to wait for the Clintons:

Preclearing Michigan and Florida

"I am a former Senior Attorney (career, not a political appointee) with DOJ's Voting Section. I am now in private practice. I am unaffiliated with any political campaign.

In response to the issue about whether DOJ must "preclear" Michigan and
Florida's proposed do-over primary or caucus, the answer is yes. There is no
question about this.

Portions of Florida and Michigan are "covered" by Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act. This coverage means that "changes affecting voting" in these
covered parts of the two states must be precleared or approved by DOJ or the
federal trial court in Washington, D.C. before they take effect.
Failure to preclear these changes makes them illegal under federal law.

go read the whole thing

Hmm. "60 days to approve"

we may have primary season extended to August and the Democratic Party convention will be held in November. Oh wait. The GE vote is scheduled for November 4.

Stay tuned.

It'll be a messy party.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 12:17:10 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Thanks for the links.  That's an interesting side of this that I hadn't read before.

Tengo un sueño.
by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 12:31:35 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Very messy.

My feeling - they blew it, now they have to suffer the consequences. It's not fair to the voters in those states, but that's not the candidates' fault. And nothing new would be equally fair to both candidates that would be legal, that I've read.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 03:11:35 PM EST
[ Parent ]
UPDATE:

via Ben Smith, Politico

A compromise on FL and MI?

There are plans, counterplans, and dire warnings flying all over the place today.

Halperin has the details of one he says is likely to be up to Obama to accept or reject. It involves splitting Michigan 50-50 and allowing that:

    Florida's existing delegates would be seated at the Denver convention -- but with half a vote each. That would give Clinton a net gain of about 19 elected delegates.

One upside to Obama: A plan like that would also deprive Clinton of science experiments in those two states -- chances to prove that Obama can't win."

and TPM,

Fla. presidential primary re-do unlikely

"The chairwoman of Florida's Democratic Party has said the proposed presidential primary do-over is unlikely to go forward because of concerns about the combined mail-in/in-person election."


Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 03:31:06 PM EST
[ Parent ]

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