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Originally Posted by kane
Well, in this case Florida had issues the first time around. They were told by the DNC that if they moved their primary date up they would lose all of their delegates. They did it anyway
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it was the Florida REPUBLCIAN legislator that voted to move the primary up and the REPUBLICAN governor that signed the bill. So democrats should be punished for this?
florida is bigger and more diverse than NH or Iowa so fuck them. Who are they to dictate florida can't move their primary up? Show me in the constitution where it says Iowa and NH come first. Look at how many candidates drop out after those 2 contest even though they are less than 0.2% of the total vote.
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and the cadidates were told not to campaign there. Hillary did a little, Obama not at all. The election went, Hillary won (no surprise, she had no competition really) and the delegates don't count. Now Hillary wants those delegates but Obama is saying that isn't fair since he was barred from even campaigning in Florida.
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NO candidates campaigned in Florida. ALL candidates were on the ballot. No reason why the original result shoudn't stand. A re-vote obviously favors Obama since he would get more votes this time with Edwards not being on the ballot, plus the momentum he's gotten since Super Tuesday.
Michigan is different since not all the candidates were on the ballot though that is their own fault for removing themsleves. I support a do over in Michigan though. Once again this helps Obama since Hillary is not likely to get the 65% vote she got last time.
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Since it is so close Florida could have a big impact so now they are thinking of holding the election again only this time with both candidates there and this time the delegates actually count.
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Really won't have an impact. Fla and Mich has a total 366 deleagtes. That would increase the total needed for the nomination by 188. Since dems allocate delegates proportionally Hillary and Obama will most likely split the vote thus each will end up with an extra 188. So how this helps is beyond me.
Only helps Hillary if she wins both states in the fact she can say she won the 8 largest states( if she wins Penn ) except Illinois which is Obama's home state. Doesn't help either get a majority of delegates with just pledged delgates unless Obama wins both states 80-20 or something like that.