From
Wayne Barrett’s must read:
… .. Similarly, all three of the House Democrats who endorsed Obama —
Coleman Young II, Bert Johnson, and Aldo Vagnozzi — voted in favor of the
bill to push the Michigan date forward. When Obama later took his name off
the Michigan ballot, Young and Johnson became sponsors of the bill to cancel
the election they had just voted to authorize.The support of Obama’s principal backers in both states for the move-up bills
was hardly consequential, but it does raise questions about his current opposition
to any counting or recounting of these states. If bad faith is the DNC’s standard,
Obama doesn’t have to look too far to find alleged examples of it, and to
recognize that the national party might be unfairly characterizing what the
leaders in these states did.Imagining a convention without delegations from these large and politically
volatile states has become the nightmare of every thinking Democrat. Polls
indicate that a nominee who refuses to count the 1.7 million Floridians who
voted in a level-playing field primary, or to find a way for them to vote
again, will wind up wasting whatever time and money he or she spends there
in the general election campaign. As close as the general election vote in
Michigan has been in recent years, even a small margin of voters disgruntled
by the state’s Democratic lockout could push it into the GOP column. Obama’s
stonewalling about both states may offer short-term advantages, but two delegations
denied seating because of his maneuvers may well be seen as contrary to his
populist rationale now — and crippling to his candidacy in November. …
..
As to whether the Republicans could be picking our nominee, I’ve answered that
question before.
It’s really simple. If Michigan and Florida are not counted before the nomination
is complete, the Democratic nominee will not be fully legitimate. Obama is giving
all Democratic voters, especially Hillary suppporters who are dug in against
him, a reason to stay that way. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
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