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HardWorkingDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 12:43 AM
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Does anyone know if McAulliffe was fed his words from 2004 about primaries moving?
Watching this Clinton campaign manager talk about seating the MI and FL delegates made me wonder if any talking head reminded him of his views in 2004 and what he replied about that (where he said if a state moved its primaries against the will of the DNC, then their votes would not be counted).

Thanks...
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 12:48 AM
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1. This Terry McAullife...
"I'm going outside the primary window," told me definitively.

"If I allow you to do that, the whole system collapses," I said. "We will have chaos. I let you make your case to the DNC, and we voted unanimously and you lost."

He kept insisting that they were going to move up Michigan on their own, even though if they did that, they would lose half their delegates. By that point Carl and I were leaning toward each other over a table in the middle of the room, shouting and dropping the occasional expletive.

"You won't deny us seats at the convention," he said.

"Carl, take it to the bank," I said. "They will not get a credential. The closest they'll get to Boston will be watching it on television. I will not let you break this entire nominating process for one state. The rules are the rules. If you want to call my bluff, Carl, you go ahead and do it."

http://fonksoapbox.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-would-mcauliffe-2004-say.html
Terry must hate the interwebs and their ease of access!
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