FL/MI primaries in 2012

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Wednesday May 28, 2008 · 8:56 AM PDT

2008/05/28 · 08:56

The question that needs addressing is what will happen to democratic delegations from state democratic parties that break the Democratic National Committee rules.

The DNC will change the rules for seating the FL/MI delegates this year and seat someone. Undoubtedly Hillary Clinton will take the issue to the convention and some residents of the states may raise legal issues of their own with the outcome to be decided by the courts.

Since the rules will be changed by the DNC and possibly by the convention itself, then what meaning will the rules have in 2012 or later? I think none.

Since state legislatures can get involved in the primaries as they did in both FL and MI, then what role does the democratic party in those states have in when the primary date is chosen?

While I disagreed with the rule when the DNC decided not to seat the delegations, I believe the rule must now be upheld even if upholding the rule means losing both FL and MI in the general election. Otherwise the DNC rules mean nothing.

A new system of deciding when states decide when delegates will be picked needs to be put into place, such that state legislators, governors, and parties agree with outcome. I have no idea how to do this.

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Selection of delegates for 2012

Should remain the same as it is now

Should be decided by the states independent of national parties

should have a new national mechanism put into place

only use super delegation

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Selection of delegates for 2012

Should remain the same as it is now

9 votes

Should be decided by the states independent of national parties

6%

2 votes

should have a new national mechanism put into place

23 votes

only use super delegation

0%

0 votes

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