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NAACP head wants Florida, Michigan delegates counted
Julian Bond writes to DNC chairman Howard Dean, saying the states should be represented at the Democratic convention.
Alex Koppelman [2008-02-13]

  • Either no presidential vote or uncommitted

    I always thought the penalty against Michigan and Florida was too harsh, but they did jump the line and some penalty is fair. It also seems wrong to seat them as Clinton delegates when it really wasn't an election. Two solutions I haven't heard mentioned elsewhere: seat the delegates, but they must be uncommitted, not pledged to a candidate, which means they can't be picked from Clinton or Obama's delegate pool; alternatively, they can have their full slate's of delegates, but no presidential vote. They can vote on everything else, just not president.

    I realize both ideas have problems, but there's no perfect solution.

    -- webcelt
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    Wednesday, February 13, 2008 08:12 AM
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