Poll Dancing: Hillary Hijinx (hijacks?)

Evan Smith at Poll Dancing says that HC is preparing to press very hard on the seating of the delegates from FL and MI. I am sure I am not alone in thinking that this is a bad idea that will backfire in a major way on Mrs Clinton.

Here are the relevant bits from his interview:

There’s been a lot of talk about what your campaign would do should it get to the convention. Would you commit today to honoring the agreement made earlier not to seat the Michigan and Florida delegations?

Let’s talk about the agreement. The only agreement I entered into was not to campaign in Michigan and Florida. It had nothing to do with not seating the delegates. I think that’s an important distinction.

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So your intention is to press this issue?

Yes, it is. Yes, it is. It’s in large measure because both the voters and elected officials in Michigan and Florida feel so strongly about this. Senator Bill Nelson, of Florida, early on in the process actually sued because he thinks it’s absurd on its face that 1.7 million Democrats who eventually voted would basically be disregarded, and I agree with him about that.

So, to paraphrase what is going on here, Mrs Clinton signed an agreement before any of the primaries had even begun that said that she would not campaign in either FL or MI and she was aware that the DNC had forbidden these states from seating their delegates LONG BEFORE THE EVENT. She is now saying that the DNC should change the rules and seat those delegates even though in MI hers was the only name on the ballot! Gee! That seems fair...


Nobody likes a sore loser.