DNC strips Michigan of delegates
http://www.ballot-access.org/…
On December 1, the Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan of all its delegates to the August 2008 national convention in Denver. The move had been expected, since Michigan will select delegates at a January 15 primary. National Democratic rules forbid any state except Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from choosing delegates before February.
Michigan Democrats are now in the same position as Florida Democrats, who also have no delegates. The national committee vote was not unanimous, but it was a voice vote, so there is no tally.
Ideally I’d like to see all the Democratic party members from these states branch off and float their own candidate or join another party. Does the DNC really think anything positive could come from this?
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December 3rd, 2007 at 9:26 am
Well, the primary system is well on its way to becoming dysfunctional. I think we may have discussed it before, but I think some sort of rolling regional primary is in order. That said, the political parties are free to do whatever they want to within their own party. I wonder what the fallout from this and the Democrats primary campaign boycott in Florida will be.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 pm
No idea. I’d be pissed and vote in the Republican primary if possible. Looks like they have till Dec. 31th to change parties.