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OMG...What if Florida & Michigan Outlaws Pick the Democratic Nominee?

Donnie Fowler | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Donnie Fowler

No Democrat at the end of the day wants to double-dis (disrespect or disenfranchise) two major battleground states they will fight for this fall.

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Democrats Need to Hear From Florida and Michigan

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Julian E. Zelizer

A new vote in Florida and Michigan is essential. The decision of the Democratic Party was a poor one, and bad rules sometimes need to be corrected.

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Hillary Has Narrow 30,657 Lead In The Popular Vote

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

Michigan and Florida should re-vote and allow no campaigning. No Television. No Radio. No ads. Maybe one more debate. This would be a novel experiment in how to take the money out of politics.

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Howard Dean, Tear Down This Wall!

Jackson Williams | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Primary, Florida, Florida Primary, Democratic Nomination, 2008 Election, Michigan, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Everyone keeps lumping both Michigan and Florida into the same boat because both were punished for moving their primary date. Not so fast. There is a key distinction between them.

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The Last Superdelegate

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The last superdelegate will be relieved when it's all over.

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Clinton Camp Signals Support For Florida, Michigan Revote

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Officials in Michigan and Florida are showing renewed interest in holding repeat presidential nominating contests so that their vot...

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Clinton Claiming Widespread Fraud By Obama, Ramping Up Legal War To String Out Primary

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Fraud, Offthebus, Lawyers, Florida, Democratic National Convention, Michigan, Superdelegates, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Texas, Caucuses, Barack Obama, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The Clinton camp called a press conference tonight, which I attended telephonically, to accuse the Obama Texas campaign of "statewide systemic" abuses of the caucus process.

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The Democrats Need a Do-Over

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Al Meyerhoff

The people of Florida and Michigan are on the verge of being disenfranchised once again, this time by the Democrats. Their votes will not be "accorded equal weight."

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Power Back on After Outages Hit Fla.

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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MIAMI — A relatively minor glitch in Florida's electrical grid somehow triggered a chain reaction Tuesday that caused a nuclear plant to shut do...

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Only a Pyrrhic Victory Remains Possible for Clinton

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Destory City to Save It, Florida, John McCain, King Pyrrhus, Michigan, Superdelegates, Vietnam War, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

What is the toll on Clinton herself, slogging through rallies, knowing that even victories in the next states will not provide her a popularly-supported nomination?

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A Song for Hillary's Florida/Michigan Power Grab

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

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Max and the Marginalized

So much for Bill Clinton's adage about people who work hard and play by the rules.

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Superdelegate Discusses Hillary's Chances of Seating Michigan, Florida Delegates

University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore

"If you're running behind, you need to shuffle the deck a bit," David McDonald said Wednesday of Hillary Clinton's strategy to seat delegates from Mic...

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Newt Gingrich's Advice

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Delegates, Afscme, Florida, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Michigan, Gingrich, Superdelegates, 2008 Election, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

Unlike most of us, who think the two Democratic finalists are engaged in one of the most memorable and dynamic campaigns in history, Newt thinks we've descended into "a slog."

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FL Delegate Tempest Could Give State To The GOP

Ron Levitt | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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Ron Levitt

Florida Democrats, at first "just angry" over the Democratic National Committee's refusal to accept its Jan. 29 Florida primary results, are now engag...

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Sign the Petitions for a Democratic Democratic Party

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Whichever candidate you support, it is vital that the Democratic nominee be legitimate -- not the product of a backroom deal that looks like the 2000 Supreme Court decision.

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Guest Column: How Hillary Could Win Fair (And Lock Up The General Election, Too!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Hillary and Bill, who are masters at brokering political deals, can sheath both edges of the party rules by engineering a compromise on Michigan, Florida and the super-delegates.

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Michigan And Florida Need A Mulligan

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Mulligan -- (noun)  A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. This is ...

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Clinton Spinning Into Twilight Zone

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Clinton operation's dismissive attitude towards the states that she loses feels uncomfortably like a post-facto snub by the aggrieved party in a break up: "he's not really my type anyway."

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Build a Grassroots Movement to Prevent the Democratic Presidential Nominee From Being Selected by Unelected Super Delegates

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Let's start a grass-roots movement to help prevent the Democratic Party from once again self-destructing.

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Dealing with Deadlock, Superdelegates, Michigan and Florida: A Challenge to Both Campaigns

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

If, as it seems, the Democratic nomination is headed toward deadlock, the votes of Superdelegates and the fate of Michigan and Florida delegates will be decisive.

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My Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday Primary Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Between Obama and Clinton, it's going to be a virtual tie. Both campaigns will immediately release spin on why they are now the frontrunner, and why the other should politely drop out of the race.

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The Epic 2008 Election (So Far)

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Out of the frozen tundra of Iowa, out of the snowy mountains of Vermont, out of the brightly-lit casinos in the Nevada desert, out of the churches of ...

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Big Mac's Iraq Hundred Years' War

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, Super Tuesday, Republican Primary, Iraq, Florida, John McCain, Rudolf Guiliani, Middle East, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

It must stoke the patriotic fantasies in Republican voters' hearts to hear McCain talk convincingly about "victory" in Iraq when everyone, including his hero, Gen. Petraeus, avoids that word like the plague.

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Florida & Michigan Deserve a Voice at the Democratic Convention

Gerald McEntee | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Gerald McEntee

When the Democrats gather in Denver this summer, the voters of Michigan and Florida should not be left out.

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Florida And The State Of The Disaster

Paul Hipp | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Paul Hipp

2008-01-30-hipp_florida.jpgHere is a little summation of the past few days in light of the past seven years.

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