The DNC Panel has gone through some pretty extraordinary lengths to "unify" its party after the Florida and Michigan primaries were held early.
Democratic Senators, Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama, remain in a heated competition. My personal opinion is that Hilary Clinton represents the most divisive force in modern American politics. She has the least ability of any of the remaining candidates to unite the political parties and general population over any issue in the absence of a complete crisis, disaster, or complete catastrophe that welds the diverse groups together out of either fear or necessity.
This Senator, who like her adversary, Sen. Obama, has done little of nothing during her tenure in the US Senate and, over the last few months, has effectively worked to weaken the standing of her of own party for the purpose of personal gain. It would seem that she does not see the role of Senator as important enough to focus her attention on. The fiasco in Florida and Michigan is a sad example of the way lengths that Sen. Clinton will go to mischaracterize a situation to her advantage. (Remember this is the First Lady who landed with her daughter and a comedian under sniper fire and had to race off the landing strip to safety.)
The Florida and Michigan delegations are getting the delegates seated with a 1/2 vote per delegate. This is the solution that was reached as the DNC willingly breaks its own rules through a special panel. The Clinton campaign claims that it is not enough that votes "shouldn't be taken away like that", when, in fact - based on the rules as written at the time of the primaries and prior to the states establishing the dates for the primaries, this constitutes adding votes - not taking them away.
Florida and Michigan had mad the decision to forfeit their delegates well in advance of the actual primary and were it not for the opportunistic nature of a losing candidate, who has done significant damage to her party and the likely nominee, Obama, it would not be an issue today. Clinton has trouble playing fair and for this reason has trouble unifying disparate groups for any purpose, because she has again demonstrated the tendency to be untrustworthy and elitist.
If the shoe was on the other foot, one can be sure that Sen. Clinton, would argue vehemently against any such compromise as the one passed.
Here is a link to recent Washington Times Article on the subject:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/01/delegates-get-split-decision/?page=3Labels: Clinton, DNC, Election, Obama, Politics |
