Michigan Dems allocate delegates to Clinton, uncommitted

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by The Associated Press
Friday February 08, 2008, 4:50 PM

LANSING — Hillary Rodham Clinton will get the lion's share of Democratic national convention delegates after winning the state's Jan. 15 presidential primary.

The Michigan Democratic Party said Friday that Clinton will get 73 pledged delegates after winning 55 percent of the statewide vote.

Another 55 delegates will be uncommitted since 40 percent of the Democratic voters chose uncommitted. Because Barack Obama and John Edwards had taken their names off the ballot, many of their supporters voted for uncommitted.

The state also has 28 superdelegates, many of whom remain uncommitted, for a total of 156.

Michigan has been stripped of its delegates for moving up its primary, but party leaders expect the delegates to be seated at the national convention.


http://www.mlive.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/02/michigan_dems_allocated_delega.html

[OzarkDem]

1. Sounds fair

Its up to them and it sounds like they made a fair decision.

[HeraldSquare212]

2. So it looks like the superdelegates aren't even buying the 'HIllary won' argument.

They'd be pledging to her if they did.

[Dr.Phool]

3. Yeah, but their seats are in Nebraska.

[Coexist]

4. that's not right. Hers was the only name on the ballot.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Not true

four names were on the ballot. Those that weren't on it CHOSE to withdraw their names.

But don't let facts get in the way of making shit up.

[Coexist]

8. a show of solidarity with your party is a bad thing?

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/08/michigans_missed_moment_as_cli.html?hpid=topnews

"Clinton won both Michigan and Florida handily. She won Michigan in part because Obama and other Democrats took their names off the ballot in solidarity with the DNC and as part of a pledge made to Iowa, New Hampshire and other early states not to participate in unsanctioned contests."

[MonkeyFunk]

9. I didn't say it was good or bad

I said Clinton wasn't the only name on the MI ballot, which is an indisputable fact.

[still_one]

17. You implied that they should not have done what the DNC said /nt

[RiverStone]

10. Once wind of this catches fire...

It may work against Hillary in a big way.

Many. many will see this as unfair.

[still_one]

18. If they seat those delegates without rerunning the election, and she wins

the nomination because of it, SHE WILL LOSE THE GENERAL ELECTION

[RiverStone]

20. Yes, and - the Dems would lose many Dems

who would say fuck it to the party establishment!

[still_one]

16. They chose it because the DNC told them to. You will see a whole bunch of people NOT vote

in the general election for President if they seat MI and FL

The ONLY acceptable solution is to rerun the primary or don't seat the delegates

If she wins the nomination without having the election rerun, they WILL lose the general election

[IndieLeft]

5. Those delegates will not be seated.

the DNC has said no, and last I checked, the MDP did not have authority over the DNC.

[still_one]

13. If they want me to vote in the Presidential Election they better not

The only other acceptable solution for me would be to re-run the primary

[madfloridian]

6. They will not count toward picking a nominee.

.

[Obamaniac]

11. Look, this won't happen

No amount of Clintonian crying will change that.

For this to happen, we will essentially be punishing Obama for playing by the rules and rewarding Clinton for breaking them.

NO. FUCKING. WAY.

[still_one]

12. If that happens, and she wins the nomination because of that, she loses the general election

They had better think hard and clear on that. The ONLY acceptable solution is to re-run the primary or not seat them

If they don't do one of those choices, and she wins the nomination because the other candidates were told NOT to run in MI and Florida, here is one person who WILL NOT VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION

and I don't think I will be alone

[marlakay]

14. I feel the same way it would be an unfair race

and i wouldn't vote for her either.

[oviedodem]

15. I Will be at home with the rest of you if they seat them without do over

[still_one]

19. The solution is so DAMN SIMPLE, just rerun the election, then there is no problem /nt