Florida, Michigan delegates cannot save Clinton

[Yukari Yakumo]

WASHINGTON - Sorry, Sen. Clinton. Michigan and Florida can't save your campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario.

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But now there is agreement on all sides that at least some of the delegates should be restored in a gesture of party unity and respect to voters in two general election battlegrounds.

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The Associated Press interviewed a third of the panel members and several other Democrats involved in the negotiations and found widespread agreement that the states must be punished for stepping out of line. If not, many members say, other states will do the same thing in four years.

"We certainly want to be fair to both candidates, and we want to be sure that we are fair to the 48 states who abided by the rules," said Democratic National Committee Secretary Alice Germond, a panel member unaligned with either candidate. "We don't want absolute chaos for 2012.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_el_pr/primary...

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So much for Hilly's games. I'll predict they only seat 50% of the delegation and have them split 50-50 between HRC and Obama (or close to that as to not effect the election).