SIMPLE WAYS TO
SOLVE FLORIDA & MICHIGAN
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May, 2008, Pirate Joe
Well, they’re about to do it. The Democrats could,
(and probably will) make a big mess of this and thereby elect John
McBushthirdterm. As I've stated before, in a business as serious as
this,
rules are necessary to, (among other things) show folks that everything
is on the up-and-up. Accordingly, this is how I would approach the
problem if I were Howard Dean. In order of preference:
1. Leave things as they are. None of these rules were surprises to
anyone. Everybody knew beforehand. It was well-publicised. Those state
election boards did it anyway.
2. Seat the delegates, but give them zero votes.
3. Since there is no
real way to tell what the vote would have been if
it had been a fair contest, after the last primary, (just 4
days hence) tally the national percentage of
pledged delegates each candidate has. Award the total Florida and
Michigan pledged delegates according to that proportion.
4. Again, since there
is no real way to tell what the vote would have been if
it had been a fair contest, seat the delegates and split them 50/50.
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