Isn't this always the case? What is Obama's current position on seating the Florida delegates?
"Whether it is Barack Obama’s record, her position on Social Security, or even the meaning of the Florida Primary, it seems like Hillary Clinton will do or say anything to win an election. When he is the nominee, Barack Obama will campaign vigorously in Florida and Michigan to put them in the Democratic column in 2008."
However, in September of 2007, he sang a slightly different tune:
"Barack Obama hinted during a Tampa fundraiser Sunday that if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention, despite national party sanctions prohibiting it."
At one point in this article, he fails to realize that he's not supposed to be talking to Florida reporters:
Obama and others have pledged not to campaign in Florida until the Jan. 29 primary except for fundraising, which is what he was doing in Tampa.
But after the fundraiser at the Hyde Park home of Tom and Linda Scarritt, Obama crossed the street to take half a dozen questions from reporters waiting there.
The pledge covers anything referred to in Democratic National Committee rules as "campaigning," and those include "holding news conferences."
Obama seemed unaware the pledge he signed prohibits news conferences. Asked whether he was violating it, he said, "I was just doing you guys a favor. ... If that's the case, then we won't do it again."
It's interesting how that works, isn't it?
The Florida delegates must be seated - it's only fair. Both candidates were on a level playing field - one could argue that Obama had an advantage due to his national ads that aired in Florida. Obama himself once suggested that he's received enough media exposure for the public to make up their minds about him, so the argument that the Clinton brand is well-known and Obama isn't is deflated.
I find it somewhat conflicting that Obama continually pushes to enforce Washington D.C.'s rules rather than validate voters in a crucial general election state.
Someone doesn't want Florida to count? Hmm... sounds like a certain president I know.