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Two Florida Democrats have come up with another proposal for divvying up Florida’s delegates, calling it “reasonable and rational,” and calling on the Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigns to embrace the idea.
The plan by state Sens. Steve Geller and Jeremy Ring would allocate half of Florida’s 210 delegates based on results from the Jan. 29 primary.
The other half could be allocated based on a formula that both campaigns can agree to—possibly the national popular vote, excluding Florida and Michigan.
“You can’t have party leaders agree in a backroom,” Geller said at a news conference. “It has to be a formula that makes sense.”
The DNC refuses to seat Florida’s delegates at the national convention—in effect not counting the Jan. 29 primary—because the date was too early, a violation of party rules.
Based on the current popular vote—which will change as future primaries are held—the plan would give Clinton 114 Florida delegates and Obama 96, a margin of 18 for Clinton, counting all delegates, pledged and unpledged. That’s just under half the margin of 38 Clinton would be entitled to among pledged delegates only according to the Jan. 29 outcome, and she could get more among the unpledged delegates.
But Obama has said Clinton shouldn’t receive any delegate advantage based on the banned Jan. 29 vote.
Geller said Obama and Clinton should accept a compromise because, “Neither of the two campaigns can afford to alienate Florida.”
What amazes me about Sen. Obama’s unwillingness NOW to seat Florida’s delegates is his insistence just a few months ago to “do the right thing” and seat them if he was “the presumptive Democratic nominee”, a situation he now seems to be in.
I thought this guy was interested in changing the way politics is played and being more transparent and honest! Or is that all “just words”?
HERE’S THE LINK TO THE TAMPA NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/30/obama-vows-do-whats-right/?news-breaking
I thought Florida was a winner take all. It looked that way for McCain even though delegates were stripped in half. Doesn’t it work that way for both parties involved in an election? If that is true then let’s say the Democrats receive half of the 210 delegates, Hillary should get that half and Obama nothing. He didn’t win Florida. I can’t understand the numbers being awarded in this article. Why should Obama get anything here in Florida? Hope this gets straightened out soon and count our delegates. Time for Senator Obama to accept the inevitable; the people here have spoken.
GO HILLARY 08
Through no fault on the voters part, we were stripped of our opportunity to have a voice that could be heard.
The law makers in Tallahassee decided that we were not important enough in the primary process so they, without our consent, broke the rules.
In a state plagued with election problems, you did this to us.
Good work representing the voters and our wants and needs. I hope that no one who approved this change needs my vote when the time comes for you to run for office again, because you will not get it. I want people in the State Capital that have my best interests in mind, not the importance of a primary with complete disregard for the voters wishes and needs.
The Fla. Legislature has shot it’s self in the foot and in the process, shot Florida’s voters in the heart.
Weather Demo or Rep they knew the rules and shot up and missed. Now, or at election time, it should be the voters turn to remove those unwilling to play by the rules.
Stick to the rules, A lot of people including my self didnt bother to vote on the democratic race because there was no delegates. It is unfair and unjustice to now swicth the rules at the last minute. If we are goign to be given delegates then I demand another voter election day.
I see if Moderator doesn’t like what you say then they will CENSOR it.Who says Communism isn’t alive and well in the US.Just like the Government,you can’t say or show this or that.Then they sit there and say how we have FREEDOM of speech and all this other FREEDOM..what a joke that is.Blood Sucking Insects is what they all are..what we need is a really big can of RAID,AGAIN….
Personally I think both Democrats and Republicans are like a bunch of Communists….they live in a Mickey Mouse world and demand everyone conform to “their standards” if you don’t then you are a bunch of scum..I don’t believe a person should be able to buy their way into the White House or Congress..they sit up there as if they are Holier than thou with their heads up their butts and say how darn free we are,when all along they can’t wait to trample on State and people rights….if you aren’t rich or something they don’t even want to talk to you….promise this and that then sit up there in the dream world and do nothing..what ever happened to 1 person 1 vote
How is that divvy fair? Had Obama campaigned in Florida the results may have been different. No, No, No; the only way to be fair is to split the delegates down the middle ala King Solomon.
I for one am a registered democrat and I am voting for John McCain. If the democrats cannot even nominate a candidate how in the world can they run the gonvernment of the United States. I also am hearing that J.C. Watts is becoming a good possibility to be McCain’s running mate. It is going to end up that Republicans put the 1st African American on a national ticket, not democrats. If the democrats aren’t careful, they’ll lose seats in both houses of Congress as well.
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Posted by Aaron Rines, tampa on 03/25 at 07:18 PM
Following up on James Jones’ comment saying your a democrat voting for John McCain. It’s unbelievable how much I am hearing that and this time around it’s extremely hard to sit here and say I’m a democrat. In fact the democrats don’t even give themselves a chance but yet John McCain is older than my grandfather who unfortunately is no longer with us, and has no financial sense. At this point I would campaign for Mitt Romney if it were still an option. Campaigning has ruined politics in full and it is discouraging for the American public to watch all this through November. How blind have we all become?