The rules are the rules, whether the Clinton campaign likes it or not. Before the primary season started, the DNC, made up of Clinton loyalist and supporters, created the rules that the Clinton campaign is now currently in dispute about. Both candidates signed pledges not to campaign in Michigan and Florida because of them breaking the rules in jumping forward before the 4 approved states. Michigan knowingly broke the law, while Florida had no choice because the Republican-controlled government moved up the primary date. The result was that both states were stripped of all their delegates. No one complained about this (unless you were either Michigan or Florida) and the ruling stood...until Clinton started losing.
Clinton was on record in saying that the Michigan primary "was not going to count for anything." And what happen when she failed to knock Obama out of the race on Feb. 5th (where she thought she would lock up the nomination)? All of a sudden she wanted Michigan and Florida to be seated, knowing full well that that was going to be her best chance to win the nomination.
The most annoying thing about this was that the rules was written by people who now support Clinton. Why then has she done a total 360? Because she is a sore loser. They tried to pit the blame on Obama for this debacle, saying that he disenfranchising millions of voters. That allegation was totally absurd. The ones the Clinton campaign should be blaming should be the respective state governments. What in the world were they thinking in knowingly breaking the law? Would the DNC have just turned a blind eye? That did not happen, and now the Clinton cmap is crying foul.
Pit the Blame on the Michigan and Florida governments. They were the ones who broke the laws, they were the ones who disenfranchised millions of voters. Kind of ironic that the race has gone on for this long that the two states would still relevant and extremely important in picking a nominee. See, sometimes just waiting could bring good things. And what happens when you do not wait? Clinton camp whines like a baby...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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