Seems to me Tom Daschle and Chris Dodd have been drinking a little to much tainted tap water. Or maybe the Obama campaign is living in some alternate universe where they feel the Senator is simply entitled to a state's delegates without an election taking place, (and after having lost the initial vote in those states).
Here's Tom Daschle on CNN last week:
DASCHLE: I really -- I think the better way to do it is to allocate delegates based on who has got the kind of -- the actual ratio that exists at the time. I would even go for splitting them 50/50.
But to go through all of this, to spend $18 million, just to me is a waste of money. It drags this thing out. And ultimately there probably wouldn't be that much difference in the ultimate vote. So my guess is, Wolf, that the most prudent thing to do is to allocate delegates and be satisfied and move on.
BLITZER: Because the Clinton people say something very different. They're ready for another set of primaries. They're confident she can win in Michigan and Florida.
DASCHLE: Well, you know, we've gone from 20 points down to almost tied in state after state after state. I'm confident that we will either win or be virtually at an even rate with Hillary when these votes were taken. And I really don't see spending all of that money and spending all of that time when we could resolve it in a lot more prudent way.
And here's Dodd today:
Sen. Christopher Dodd said Monday there's a simple way to end the wrangling between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama over Florida and Michigan delegates: divide them evenly between the two Democratic presidential candidates.
"Split up the delegations, let 'em each have 50 percent of it and move on," said Dodd. "You don't have to go back over and re-do these things."
Added Dodd: "My view is make this as simple as you can."
Yeah Daschle and Dodd, why complicate the presidential election with burdensome things like voting? I mean, we could have saved so much time, money and trouble at the start of the primary season by just dividing up the delegates according to the delegate ratio that existed at the time, or even after Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada had weighed in. The contest would be over, Hillary would be the nominee, and we wouldn't have to worry about any of this democracy nonsense, or of the possibility that we might divide the party with a closely fought election between two strong candidates.
Take note Florida and Michigan voters.