Obama Says He Will Figure Out a Way to Seat Florida and Michigan Delegates
From CBS News’ Michelle Levi:
BEND, ORE. – Showing that the delegates in Florida and Michigan are on the mind of voters as well as Democratic presidential candidates, a woman at Barack Obama’s town hall meeting here asked Obama about ceding a state to Hillary Clinton. "Recognizing that it probably will not change the outcome of the race," she asked, "have you considered giving her Florida?"
A surprised Obama laughed a little at the question. "Let me say this,” he said. “I love Florida, I love Michigan the people of Michigan and Florida, they will be represented at the convention, their delegates will be seated, and we will figure out a way where they are fully participating in the process."
Obama defended his opposition to some plans that wanted to offer re-voting to voters in those states. "At the beginning of this race, we were not supposed to campaign in Florida and Michigan, so we didn’t campaign in Florida and Michigan,” he said. “We played by the rules that everybody agreed to. We took our name off the ballot in Michigan because we weren’t supposed to be campaigning there. So obviously we don’t think that that was a fair contest and that it should count in the same way the other contests have counted."
He reassured the town hall attendees that the contentious delegate situation will be resolved, and that he planned on campaigning there during the general election. "I am confident that we will get this resolved and I have every interest because I intend to be the Democratic nominee, I have every interest in making sure that Florida and Michigan are happy,” he said. “This is something that will get done."
BEND, ORE. – Showing that the delegates in Florida and Michigan are on the mind of voters as well as Democratic presidential candidates, a woman at Barack Obama’s town hall meeting here asked Obama about ceding a state to Hillary Clinton. "Recognizing that it probably will not change the outcome of the race," she asked, "have you considered giving her Florida?"
A surprised Obama laughed a little at the question. "Let me say this,” he said. “I love Florida, I love Michigan the people of Michigan and Florida, they will be represented at the convention, their delegates will be seated, and we will figure out a way where they are fully participating in the process."
Obama defended his opposition to some plans that wanted to offer re-voting to voters in those states. "At the beginning of this race, we were not supposed to campaign in Florida and Michigan, so we didn’t campaign in Florida and Michigan,” he said. “We played by the rules that everybody agreed to. We took our name off the ballot in Michigan because we weren’t supposed to be campaigning there. So obviously we don’t think that that was a fair contest and that it should count in the same way the other contests have counted."
He reassured the town hall attendees that the contentious delegate situation will be resolved, and that he planned on campaigning there during the general election. "I am confident that we will get this resolved and I have every interest because I intend to be the Democratic nominee, I have every interest in making sure that Florida and Michigan are happy,” he said. “This is something that will get done."
1. Obama will be looked upon, as a man who said, your vote & your presence count. The word (Leader) comes to mind.
2. The Super Delegates representing Both states, will give him the nod, because they know Hillary has been Unrelenting in her negative campaign.
3. Obama will reap the benefits, by shutting up all the Clintonites, who have been lead to believe, by Clinton, that Obama is blocking the (2) states from participating.
4. Obama will win this November, by doing this and Clinton people will fairly and justly vote for him.
Result: Obama will become our Nations 1st Bi-Racial President
Hillary- Run as an Independent with Mike Bloomberg as your VP. You will beat the pants off of Obama and McCain!!!
You are delusional(like most Obama supporters). I am a Hillary supporter. I will never vote for Obama. I will write in Hillary or vote McCain.
So when you say things like "we can''t stand you," you''re speaking for yourself. Hillary is taking advantage of your ignorance. She does not give a flying flip about the voters. She wants to win. Breaking the rules and lying comes very easy to Hillary.
As for those who said an Obama Ad appeared in florida, they were watching a Georgia station via satellite. That is not his fault. But Hillary attended an event in Florida to get money that she couldn''t manage. Now she expects to keep campaigning to recoup some of the millions she loan to her campaign.
And if you are a Hilary supporter (although I don''t know if you are), how is McCain a good alternative to Obama? As Hilary and Barack have both said, you may prefer one of them over the other, but either is far, far better than McCain. And voting for Nader is simply ridiculous--he can''t win, so for a Democrat to vote for him is basically the same as voting for McCain. And no, Hilary would not win if she ran as an independent. She would simply take enough votes from Obama for McCain to win. Your choice is clear: Obama, or Bush the sequel. I am an Obama supporter, but I would have voted for Hilary in a heartbeat if McCain were the alternative. Every Democrat should do the same.
Remember guys, we''re all Democrats. Or Independents, or Republicans who don''t want to see another 4-8 years of Bush''s policies. :)
This goes to show why she is unfit to be President.
$25 million in debt and she claims to have passed the Steward of the Economy test.
But Hillary made LOANS to her campaign and now she will want that money repaid so all you Hillary Supporters like RowdyTexan, you better increase your donations to Hillarys campaign (or should it now be called the Hillary Loan Repayment Fund)
But please remember Hillary will get ALL her money back, because its a LOAN; you however will only have your memories and a smaller bank balance.
Hillary relies on suckers like you to GIVE your money, while she cleverly LOANS hers.
When this is over she will have a bath in 100 dollar bills because all her 110 million dollar fortune is still there ! But don%u2019t worry she will be thinking of you and your kind donations !
After she fell behind, she changed her position and decided to fight to have Michigan and Florida count.
For the Republicans who are trying to cause problems in the Democratic party...
Do you really think a Democrat would vote for McCain?
McCain wants to take away a women''s choice. Based on the Supreme Court situation. McCain will likely pick 2 new judges. Roe versus Wade would be overturned. Not for a couple years, but for 15-20 years before future presidents could replace conservatives on the Supreme Court.
McCain wants to continue the Iraq war and start a war in Iran. Will any Democrat, stay home and turn their back on families that are begging for the war to end?
Democrats will unite. The last 8 years of Republican reign has caused us too much pain.
The DNC will have to let their previous ruling stand. There is too much at stake to be backing out of all of the consequences that have arised from the decision.
Then they can decide that for the sake of party unity let''s have the delegates from Michigan and Florida seated 50/50 so that they can participate in the convention although they should not be allow to change their vote/representation for the presidential nominee.
Obama/Edwards ''08
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Posted by isisdagmar at 07:35 PM : May 10, 2008
I''m with you on that. I made up my mind a long time ago that Obama was my candidate, but I''ve also said from the beginning that I would vote for Hillary if she became the nominee. Both candidates have passionate supporters, but we need to remember what we''ve gone through for the last 8 years and put a Democrat back in the White House.
I also agree that we need to keep the issue of the Supreme Court judges foremost in our minds. Do we really want the judges that McCain would appoint? Among other issues, do we want our right to choose taken away?
These issues are just too important to vote for McCain out of spite. Please, fellow Americans, make your decision carefully and with your eyes open!
i have some trouble w/ ur comments.
u said: "Will any Democrat, stay home and turn their back on families that are begging for the war to end?"
why separate democrat and republican? it''s not about parties, or, shouldn''t be.
it''s about america. we need americans to think about themselves as members of the human race. our country forced problems on the world bigger than us;greater than america, bigger than democrat vs. republican. we need a leader who sees this!
mcacain? .. a war the world disavows, can not be supported.
another clinton? Bill helped the american economy, but, was as ruthless w/ his attacks against the middle east as the current pretender.
another clinton? I''m predicting the same pattern of fooling the american public w/ contentment w/ an xbox, pepsi & cable TV.
obama? Hmm?
Let''s stop the divisions& start being adults, maiking decisions that are ACTUALLY good for the future of this empire.
America can be great, if the people stand up & admit misgivings.
nazi germany thrived because people didn''''t stand up against it.
in history, will america be the21 century nazi germany?
Or, will americans stop bickering about BS & nonsense, feeding the GOP and DNC, and see america can be better than &bigger than our fascist regimes.
Will a new PREZ fix this? I doubt it!
americans need to see our choices & choose someone to bring us back to the respect we want. Its not a quibble between democratic or republican puppets. it is the responsibility of all.
i have some trouble w/ ur comments.
u said: "Will any Democrat, stay home and turn their back on families that are begging for the war to end?"
why separate democrat and republican? it''s not about parties, or, shouldn''t be.
it''s about america. we need americans to think about themselves as members of the human race. our country forced problems on the world bigger than us;greater than america, bigger than democrat vs. republican. we need a leader who sees this!
mcacain? .. a war the world disavows, can not be supported.
another clinton? Bill helped the american economy, but, was as ruthless w/ his attacks against the middle east as the current pretender.
another clinton? I''m predicting the same pattern of fooling the american public w/ contentment w/ an xbox, pepsi & cable TV.
obama? Hmm?
Let''s stop the divisions& start being adults, maiking decisions that are ACTUALLY good for the future of this empire.
America can be great, if the people stand up & admit misgivings.
nazi germany thrived because people didn''''t stand up against it.
in history, will america be the21 century nazi germany?
Or, will americans stop bickering about BS & nonsense, feeding the GOP and DNC, and see america can be better than &bigger than our fascist regimes.
Will a new PREZ fix this? I doubt it!
americans need to see our choices & choose someone to bring us back to the respect we want. Its not a quibble between democratic or republican puppets. it is the responsibility of all.
You are delusional(like most Obama supporters). I am a Hillary supporter. I will never vote for Obama. I will write in Hillary or vote McCain.
I nor Obama Supporters, Nor Obamas Campaign, gives a Dogs A!! about YOU not Voting for him...
BOOO HOOO HOOO...SORE LOSER !!
As NPR and other programs have stated, Obama`s Win, no longer is threatened by Florida & Michigan.
He`ll Consent and Hillary and her Supporters will have Absolutely Nothing to B!tch & Moan about.
Obama has also said that Hillary can Run as long as she wants to,So Clinton Supporters can not Rag & B!itch about Obama trying to Stop her !!
1. Obama will be looked upon, as a man who said, your vote & your presence count. The word (Leader) comes to mind.
2. The Super Delegates representing Both states, will give him the nod, because they know Hillary has been Unrelenting in her negative campaign.
3. Obama will reap the benefits, by shutting up all the Clintonites, who have been lead to believe, by Clinton, that Obama is blocking the (2) states from participating.
4. Obama will win this November, by doing this and Clinton people will fairly and justly vote for him.
Result: Obama will become our Nations 1st Bi-Racial President
It''s that simple.
Obama is not of this country. I do not trust him.
He is a mouthpiece for the Kennedys
and we all know how honest they are. He has not one thought his own. He is told what to say and what to do.
He has a Muslim upbringing, even though he says he is not. Who knows what anybody really thinks?
But I tell you one thing, people always fall back to childhood values. It is foolish to assume he has no Muslim connections. I do not care what anyone''s religion is; but I do care when it affects me.
If you check in on it, he did not vote against partial birth abortions. He has wiggled out of any kind of commitment, for the most part has not contributed much of anything. Has not served in the military. He is nothing, and people better wake up to that reality.
As for Obama saying that Hillary can run as long as she wants to. Geez, we''re all so impressed to have the consent of the new Messiah.
1. Obama will be looked upon, as a man who said, your vote & your presence count but only if it feeds his need. The word "Wh0re" comes to mind.
2. Super Delegates representing both states are fools if they fail to represent their constituency, and Obama has been just as coercively unrelenting in his negativity as he ever accused Clinton.
3. Obama will (hopefully) reap what he sows and in the end show the Clintonites to have been correct in their belief that any concession he makes it only opportunistic at best. His mantra... DO NOTHING till the pressure is insurmountable and he''s forced to concede.
4. Obama without Hillary''s endorsement, support, and possible addition to the Democratic ticket will not win this November, and without her begging her supporters to back him, there is no way many will vote for him.
Result: Obama will become this nations purest example of a Wolf in Sheep''s Clothing and many will hang their heads in shame over ever having been so taken in by him.
Easy to spot those desperate, say anything to get elected supporters of HRC
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by rowdytexan2
May 13, 2008 12:58 AM PDT
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Posted by kenbomc at 03:10 PM : May 11, 2008
Easy to spot somebody delusional enough to believe that a US senator with 143 days of experience can become JFK, FDR, Lincoln, and qualify as commander in chief of the US.
I prefer to believe in a PROVEN supper of this country, and not some Ishlamofascist so corrupt that owes these Chicago thugs so much for their support.