lets have a moment of honesty here obama supporters...

[Democratic Hawk]

Both MI and FL should be re-run as primaries - perhaps all postal . Should be more cost effective than staffing precincts

Clinton won FL by default; Obama wasn't even on the MI ballot. How fair would seating delegates as things stand be? For Clinton, to argue that things should stand as they are, is retrospective opportunism. She knew the rules as much as other candidates did and if they didn't like them, they should have opposed them

In fact, all candidates should have stood shoulder to shoulder and told the DNC to go shove their sanctions. I don't care whether this would have pissed off IA, NH, NV and SC - voters would have been able to cast their preferences without prejudice. When it comes to the all-important Electoral College, FL and MI do carry more weight

It was boneheaded thing to do - disenfranchising MI and FL Democrats their say . Not to mention putting Democratic chances come November at risk

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

What carries legal precedence? National DNC rules or state law?

The whole primary/caucus schedule needs a radical overhaul, perhaps starting with IA and NH (out of respect for tradition, if nothing else), but having all concluded by the end of April, at the latest

The DNC and RNC will have their work cut out for them persuading the states to come onboard- but anything that avoids this kind of controversy with MI and FL is surely desirable

Dave