“Easy answers elude Mich., Fla. Delegates,” reads a headline this morning.
Ridiculous. The answer is: Don't change the rules in the middle of the game.
As AP writer, Nedra Pickler, explains:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton desperately wants meaningless wins in Florida and Michigan to turn into votes she can count on. It won't be easy with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) rules standing in her way.This means that Clinton, facing a declining delegate count, wants to change the rules of the game now that she is losing, as the DNC and Michigan and Florida last year could not agree on the timing of the states' presidential elections.
Had the two states stayed with their scheduled election dates, Michigan would be decisive as an early-March state, and Florida would have likely given Clinton a victory on Super Tuesday.
Clinton’s previous stance on the issue when polls had her winning the nomination in a run-away, was that Michigan and Florida should not have their delegates seated, and all the candidates agreed not to campaign in the two states.
Now Clinton is singing a different tune.
Writes Pickler:
"I think that the people of Michigan and Florida spoke in a very convincing way, that they want their voices and their votes to be heard," Clinton told reporters. "The turnout in both places was record-breaking and I think that that should be respected."
Sure, but nobody campaigned there, as agreed by all candidates.
One easy answer that is a take-away from this controversy: Clinton will do and say pretty much anything to win.
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