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March 20, 2008 1:58 PM

New Florida Plan Calls For Seating Half Of State's Delegates Based on Primary

By
Brian Montopoli
Topics
Florida
The great Florida/Michigan delegate debate isn't over yet.

The latest: Two Florida state senators, Jeremy Ring and Steve Geller, are pushing a plan to seat half the state's delegates based on the state's primary, which took place on Jan 29th. (Because Florida held its primary earlier than permitted, the Democratic National Committee stripped the state of all its delegates.)

As the Sun-Sentinel reports, the pair proposed at a news conference yesterday that half of Florida's 188 pledged delegates be seated based on the results of the state's primary. The other half could be seated based on the national vote or on another basis. And the state's 22 superdelegates would be counted.

"This approach would give Hillary Clinton an edge of 19 pledged delegates, thanks to her 17 percentage-point victory in Florida," notes the newspaper. "She'd likely net an additional advantage from the state's superdelegates."

As CBS News Chief Political Correspondent Marc Ambinder notes on his Atlantic blog, the plan needs both campaigns to sign on as well as approval from the DNC's credentials committee, "a process that would not really begin until July."

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by blkpresident March 21, 2008 3:21 PM EDT
JuliAn1413,

Florida had their chance. They blew it. ''Lil Missy lost--get over it.
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by troubledmind March 21, 2008 12:47 PM EDT
for those who arnt blinded by weather u are a Dem or REP . your post is pointless and dead. your input is one sided. and selfish.
one sided.. u are eather a dem or rep, and would vote for a he dog or she dog., IF that was all that was running . being a diehard rep. or dem . only shows u are stupid and would vote for any person as long as there the leader in your party.. thats a shame. and shows u are not a person but a simple peon who follows who ever is in front of u with the bigest mouth and the most votes in your party . the reason we have elections is to Vote for WHO we think will do the best job. for America Not the party ( dem.s OR rep.s OR indipendants or what ever. u watch history repeat its self. fools following fools become biger fools .
i read each one of your posts and see . u dont have a clue what u are voting for. OR who . just that there the leader in your party . DO u people have any clue what they stand for ? what there intentions are once in office ..
a little thing called. read between the lines . are u so blinded by the fact there the party leaders? OR runner Ups ?
WAKE up people this is the leader of AMERICA u are voting for. not some local yokal in a small town where u vote billy bob in for the fun of it or just because hes from your home town street...
#1 u know how to tell when a plitician is lieing ? when they move there lips.. thats been proved sence elictions started.
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by craigh9 March 21, 2008 11:08 AM EDT
This whole exercise gives you tremendous insight into the primary differences of these 2 candiates.

One feels that people should play by the rules and be accountable for their actions - and one who feels every situation can be manipulated to satisfy a political want no matter if the situation is appropriate - just do it for personal gain.

I think if people really look at this from this vantage point it is very clear who is the much more presidential candidate and who would have clearer, fairer policies.

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by julian1413 March 21, 2008 6:56 AM EDT
Here is the question: Because there was such a big turn out in Florida for the Primary Election - What were the specifics of the press coverage on this? Was it timely and thorough or was it hidden in the back pages and rarely mentioned on the air? It seems that the turnout of Democrats indicates that the voters were either misinformed or mislead that their votes would eventually be counted.

Hillary obviously wants the votes counted as would Obama if it were states in his favor. Truthfully - the Democrats should loose the election for disenfranchising voters - period! The whole thing is pathetic!
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by popstom1 March 20, 2008 11:47 PM EDT
but rules give Clinton from Fl.and
Mi. see by there rules they have
too seat 50% of the delegates
nad that will give Clinton about
40 delegates ahead of Obama
and after Pa. no more obamo
read the DNC rules page 20 C. 1. A
now watch as Obama screams like a little girl
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by cees14 March 20, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
rules are rules. WHY WERE THEY NOT CONCERNED WHEN THEY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PRIMARY KNOWING THEIR DELEGATES WILL NOT BE COUNTED? why are they so concerned now? Why didn''t Hillary say we should not disregard FL, and MI voters their vote should count? why didn''t she say that before? WHY NOW??????? i mean ALL 3, Hil, BO, and Edwards agreed to this right???? SOOOOO????? deal with it all of you. no revotes!
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by blkpresident March 20, 2008 6:40 PM EDT
elizabeth444,

It''s understandable that the truth may hurt, but last I checked Hillary was a girl and OLD man McCain was/IS OLD. America needs a strong presence in the White House, so our terrorist enemies have a healthy respect and fear of us. An OLD man napping in his favorite "blankie" doesn''t get the job done, nor does the housewife baking goodies approach either. After PA. votes, ''lil missy will know her place.
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by sc_indy March 20, 2008 6:07 PM EDT
Too many Clinton supporters seem to think that the non-aligned/crossover voters that are supporting Obama will jump on board w/her. She''ll bring out the far right in droves and the independents will drift to McCain.
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by elizabeth444 March 20, 2008 5:28 PM EDT
Blkpresident, you''re really shooting yourself in the foot with your ranting. If Obama read your posts he would be ashamed of you.

Take away issues of RACE, AGE, AND GENDER, and what''s left is the question, who should be our president? The answer is, Hillary.
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by blkpresident March 20, 2008 5:15 PM EDT
Hey Florida,

America doesn''t want nor need a soccer mom pretending to be presidential worthy. What are you people thinking?! After PA., Missy is finished anyway. Bring on OLD man McCain so he can experience the Obama shuufle. Scared OLD man? Where''s your geritol OLD man?
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