Re-vote Anyone?
Politico.com’s Ben Smith is saying that the re-vote picture got cloudy yesterday. Here’s what happened to cloud the picture:
Washington, DC – The Members of Florida’s Democratic Delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives issued the following statement regarding the seating of Florida’s delegates at the DNC National Convention this August.
“We are committed to working with the DNC, the Florida State Democratic party, our Democratic leaders in Florida, and our two candidates to reach an expedited solution that ensures our 210 delegates are seated.
“Our House delegation is opposed to a mail-in campaign or any redo of any kind.”
This is the last thing that the DNC needs. The battle between Hillary and Obama is heating up, with some rather sharp elbows getting thrown back and forth. It’s obvious that neither will win the nomination without substantial help from the superdelegates. If they don’t seat the Florida and Michigan delegations, you’ll alienate those states to such a point that Michigan might flip into McCain’s column, all but assuring him of victory in November.
Florida is a Democratic longshot at best. I know that the polling shows it close right now but I have several friends in Florida that are GOP county chairs. They’re telling me that they’re getting the party united in a big way, thanks in large part to the underreported work of Jeb Bush and Gov. Charlie Crist’s highly visible support.
Something that’s being overlooked in the Michigan-Florida re-do is that a Michigan re-do is essentially impossible because there isn’t party registration there. Mort Kondracke appropriately stated that “You’d have to mail out” over 7.1 million ballots & “Republicans could game the system.”
It isn’t often that I feel sorry for Howard Dean but I almost feel sorry for the ship he’s currently sailing in. It’s gotta be giving him ulcers.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog