Fat lady sings, but it ain’t over

Well the Democrats’ Rules and Bylaws Committee has spoken first on Florida (from WSJ Washington Wire);

The decision would give Sen. Hillary Clinton a net gain of 19 pledged delegates over Sen. Barack Obama, with Clinton receiving 52.5 votes, Obama 33.5, and former candidate John Edwards 6.5. The remaining unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also get one half of one vote on the convention floor.

A motion to seat the full delegation, with a full vote, according to the unauthorized Jan. 29 primary results failed, with 12 in favor, and 15 opposed.

Florida citizens in the crowd voiced their displeasure with the decision, shouting “Denver! Denver! Denver!”—a reference to where the party’s national convention will take place in late August.

Then Michigan;

The delegates of the contested Jan. 15 primary were given a 69-59 split in favor of Sen. Hillary Clinton, who won the contest. That split means 34.5 delegate votes for Clinton, and 29.5 delegate votes for Sen. Barack Obama.

Opponents of the decision, including Clinton senior advisor and committee member Harold Ickes, condemned the move because Obama was awarded delegates he did not earn outright because his name did not appear on the ballot.

It doesn’t seem democratic to me, but then the Democrats are at fault for nearly every election misstep since John Kennedy took Chicago. Now their malfeasance has infected their own internal election. I can see how they’re trying to be “fair” but, just like most Leftist attempts at being fair, a lot of voters are getting screwed. And, of course, the Clinton’s are calling foul and threatening to drag it out (WSJ Washington Wire link);

Shortly after the news broke of the RBC’s decisions regarding Michigan and Florida’s delegation, Clinton campaign spokesman Mo Elleithee read a statement from the campaign to the press corps:

“We strongly object to the committee’s decision to undercut its own rules in seating Michigan’s delegates without reflecting the votes of the people of Michigan. The committee awarded to Sen. Obama not only the delegates won by uncommitted, but four of the delegates won by Sen. Clinton. This decision violates to the bedrock principles of our democracy and our party. We reserve the right to challenge this decision before the Credentials Committee and appeal for a fair allocation of Michigan’s delegates that actually reflect the votes as they were cast.”

You’d think after a while voters would see how the Democrats have been jiggering with elections over the last few decades. It’s hard to pick a side in this, so I guess I’ll just let the Democrats figure it out. Maybe get some pizza.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Politics