We want to seat Florida but....

[metta 0]

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, rejected that proposal, which seemed to gain traction as prospects for a new contest grew more remote.

He told CNN's Gloria Borger that the Illinois senator would like to "give Florida the opportunity to vote" – but not in a way that would change the overall outcome.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/...ting-with-dean/

Florida's Democrats had been weighing several options for a re-vote, including a possible mail-in primary, ahead of the DNC's June 10 deadline – but two weeks ago, the state party announced that it would not hold a second primary, regardless of whether the cost was covered by outside contributors.

At the time, Wasserman Schultz, who had been staunchly opposed to a re-vote, told CNN then that "now it's time for all the people involved in ensuring Florida's delegation is seated to come together and make sure that happens."

She also expressed a willingness to consider a proposal that would allow the full delegation to weigh in at the convention, but for each delegate to get just half a vote.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, rejected that proposal, which seemed to gain traction as prospects for a new contest grew more remote.

He told CNN's Gloria Borger that the Illinois senator would like to "give Florida the opportunity to vote" – but not in a way that would change the overall outcome.

The Clinton campaign – which won in both Florida and Michigan, which faced the same penalty – has pushed for both states' delegations to be seated, with spokesmen accusing the Obama team of looking to "disenfranchise" voters.

– CNN Associate Producer Rebecca Sinderbrand

Edited April 3, 2008 by metta

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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, rejected that proposal, which seemed to gain traction as prospects for a new contest grew more remote.

He told CNN's Gloria Borger that the Illinois senator would like to "give Florida the opportunity to vote" – but not in a way that would change the overall outcome.

So he wants them to be 'heard from' but not in any way that means anything. #######?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Sen Clinton want to change the rules after the game has been played because those rules - which she agreed to - didn't favor her campaign as she expected. At the same time that she is all iupset about how voters are disenfranchised - again, she took part in that as she signed on to the DNC boycott of those two states -, she talks about how the pledged delegates aren't really pledged - i.e. what the voters of the respective states voted for doesn't really matter. That's about as two-faced and as dishonest as it gets.

Edited April 3, 2008 by Mr. Big Dog