Howard Dean may be in for a HUGE fight!

[RiverStone]

Heard on the very cool liberal talk radio this morning - AM 620 KPOJ Portland - a very interesting discussion regarding a Howard Dean interview he gave on the M$M prior to last night's results coming in.

He was asked: What are you going to do Howard if the delegates in FLA/MI are needed to decide the nominee? He responded by deferring the decision (if they will be seated or not) to a large, yet to be established committee, who will make that determination at the convention. From there, the point was made that even if the delegates are seated, the resulting configuration would not be accurate (or fair) as Obama/Edwards did not campaign in either state, were not on the ballot in MI, and the penalty via the DNC was that the votes would not count anyway.

Howard never imagined a race this close or that FLA/MI would ever come into play by convention time. Of course, the possibility that the Obama/Clinton battle will go all the way to Denver without a known nominee is looming. Now there is talk that maybe we can seat them after all.

This would be a HUGE mistake!!!

The people of each state respectively needs to decide who the winners are in FLA and MI, not a select group of folks on a committee. If those delegates are seated, it would be a fiasco and legal challenges would certainly follow. It would be reminiscent of the SCOTUS giving the election to Shrub; the voters must decide our nominee - not some "committee".

The only really fair way to settle it is a re-do of the primary in both states. This was echoed on the radio as well. In may sound crazy at this point, but if it comes down to FLA/MI deciding who our nominee is, what other equitable solution do you propose? :shrug: