Breaking MSNBC: DNC Cancels Michigan's hotel rooms in Denver

[NDambi]

DNC Michigan Dems officials missed deadline to fix primary mess

[Medusa]

1. I thought they had until June 6th?

:shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

25. this was actually done in january- it's NOT "breaking news" to anyone but msnbc.

nt

[loveangelc]

2. Its too late?

[Renew Deal]

3. Are you kidding me?

What is this about?

[NDambi]

6. Here's the link and story posted by another DU'er

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4987580

[iamthebandfanman]

4. good.

no offense, but thank god.


just say no to revotes.

[Carolina]

13. Exactly!

No revotes, do-overs or yielding to rule breakers.

In any scenario NOW, the only FAIR thing is a 50-50 vote split. PERIOD!

[iamthebandfanman]

23. the fair thing to do

would be to not seat anyone.

sorry.

nobody should get anything from them.

[theHandpuppet]

5. Wow... you know that old saying...

The one about cutting off your own nose to spite your face? This party is going to need to carry states like Michigan and Florida come November and this isn't helping. What a totally ASININE move on the part of the DNC.

[leftofcool]

9. I think it is too late

[cali]

20. Why do people have such a low opinion of Michigan and Florida

dems? Why do you think that they won't vote in November beause of this crap? Do you realize that only a fairly small minority of registered dem voters turn out for primaries?

[npincus]

7. MSNBC: no hotel rooms were reserved for Fla Delegation

in the first place.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. It's sad to see

Howard Dean end his career this way.

[Carolina]

14. oh BS! MI and FL did this to themselves

Agree to rules, break rules, blame someone else. So quisling, so like HRC and her boy GWB.

Your and their ire should be toward the State Party officials. PERIOD.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Doesn't matter what happened last year

what matters is how they're going to fix it. Dean's willing to give up on Michigan and Florida in the general election. That's just stupid and counterproductive.

If this happens, he will go down in history as the worst DNC chair in a long time.

[hogwyld]

21. Why would you think MI would vote anything but Dem

in the first place? Solid blue state that will stay blue. FL is owned by diebold, but have a better than average chance of taking it. Remeber, the primary voters are but a fraction of the GE voters.

[MonkeyFunk]

22. If you disenfranchise them

they'll be less likely to vote. That's just common sense. Why take the risk with two large states?

[SoonerPride]

18. It's really sad to see Hillary Clinton end her career this way

And I voted for her on Super Tuesday.

Sad indeed to see how she's ending her career.

[elixir]

10. link?

[elixir]

11. This doesn't mean they can't reserve again..duh!! I'm not concerned, it will happen.

[Oreo]

15. You don't think....

the rooms are in high demand?

[Oreo]

12. This was announced in January!

We had this in early January

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/michigan-loses-its-hotel-rooms-at-red.html

Monday, January 07, 2008
Michigan loses its hotel rooms at the Red Lion

It looks like Michigan delegates will need to start searching for hotel rooms outside of the Denver metro area. Unless the reservations aren't truly released delegates will be hard-pressed to find a hotel with enough rooms anywhere close to downtown.

[Purveyor]

16. I thought I had heard this before. Thank you for confirming it for me. eom

[Nederland]

19. Don't worry Michigan

You can all stay at my house up in Boulder. I've got lots of room and I'm only 25 minutes from the Convention Center. :)

[onenote]

24. why is something that was announced in January suddenly "breaking" news?