it seems bill has realized what hillary is going to be like when she realizes that her shot at the presidency is done.
Regardless of what kind of screwball stuff the DNC pulls, the voters in MI and FL have a right to have their voices heard, just like everybody else. The DNC should pay for a new vote in those states. The voter must be heard.
I'm a big supporter of the electoral college BTW, it's a brilliant design that ensures citizens of states with small populations still have a voice in our government.
I'm a big supporter of the electoral college BTW, it's a brilliant design that ensures citizens of states with small populations still have a voice in our government.
Bull****.
The MI Democratic Party shouldn't have moved their primary. They were warned about the consequences of doing so, and did it anyways. Seating their delegates in any capacity is ridiculous.
I have a little more sympathy for Florida since their primary date was moved up by a Republican state legislature, but you should also recall that the RNC was threatening sanctions against Florida for the same reason.
It's a moot point, anyways. Clinton can't win.
Primaries aren't votes and no one has any rights connected to them vis-a-vis the government. They're party processes. Although there's a connection between the gov and the parties that still eludes me--how come I have to register as a party member when I register to vote?!
The only thing this has proved is that the primary system is stupid, Hillary will try to twist rules to suit whatever her agenda is (all though I suspect most if not all politicians would do the same and have) and that we have have effectively kept the media busy for 18 months.
No one has been dis-enfranchised or had their right to vote abused by this process. Everybody gets to vote in November on the same day.
BTW, why does Puerto Rico have a primary that can seat delegates, but can't vote in November? And why should they even seat delegates when they aren't even a commonwealth of the US (like, paying taxes) and yet the District of Columbia pays taxes but has no primary or vote?
No one has been dis-enfranchised or had their right to vote abused by this process. Everybody gets to vote in November on the same day.
BTW, why does Puerto Rico have a primary that can seat delegates, but can't vote in November? And why should they even seat delegates when they aren't even a commonwealth of the US (like, paying taxes) and yet the District of Columbia pays taxes but has no primary or vote?
i think puerto rico is a commonwealth. but i still dont see why they can vote in primaries if they cant vote in november.
HAHAHAHA! How (as of 11:49 am EST), Clinton says that the AP report that she is conceding tonight is total BS!
Will this campaign ever die?
Will this campaign ever die?
In November I'm writing in my vote for Ross Perot.
It's over...
hey, ron paul is still in it too...
i'd say clinton/paul... he's not as manly as clinton
I still think it will be Clinton/Rice on the GOP ticket after McCain kicks the bucket at his first town hall.
FL dimocrats voted for moving it as well, so they can't blame anyone but themselves... they just didn't think that the DNC would actually carry through it's threat to strip them of delegates. Clinton agreed with that until it became apparent that she actually *needed* them.
Because you don't "vote" in primaries vis a vis the federal government. You inform a political party of which candidate you'd like to see them support.
Political parties are groups of people, not governmental organizations. There are two big parties in the US and each chooses a candidate of its own accord by its own methods.
Theoretically, if the democratic party wants a chapter in a foreign country, made of foreign citizens, to help select its candidate, it can do that (barring any specific federal law of which I'm unaware). If they want to include PR, they can do that (as evidenced by the fact that they do).