Category: Harold Ickes
By Deb Cupples on Jun 1, 2008 in Barack Obama, Credentials Committee, Current Affairs, Delegates, Democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Michigan | 103 Comments
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) decided on Saturday to count only half of Florida’s primary votes — despite the fact that all candidates’ names were on the ballot and Florida’s Democratic legislators had no power to block legislation that moved the primary election to a date that violated the DNC’s rules.
Make no mistake: […]
By Alegre on May 31, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Donna Brazile, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Maggie Williams, Michigan | 102 Comments
Well as you might have guessed, I was at the protest in DC today as the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) met to decide what to do with the votes my family and some 600,000 others cast in Michigan, and those 1.7 million cast in Florida.
By V on May 31, 2008 in Current Affairs, Democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Harold Ickes | 52 Comments
First. Popular vote total including FL and MI = Clinton +162,553
Next. Watching the Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) today, I was strongly reminded of two things. First, when I lived in a condo in San Diego I attended Homeowner’s Association Meetings where, I swear to God, the same bunch of rule-happy, petty tyrants were […]
By SusanUnPC on May 31, 2008 in DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Voter Enfranchisement | 187 Comments
Please keep in mind that this is a statement for public consumption and I FERVENTLY hope that much is still going on behind the scenes. NOTE this in the last sentence: “We reserve the right to challenge this decision before the Credentials Committee and appeal for a fair allocation of Michigan’s delegates that actually […]
By Truthteller on May 31, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Voter Enfranchisement | 177 Comments
Let us summarize Obama’s position: we must respect imaginary voters who would have or could have cast votes in Michigan and Florida, for if we do not respect these imaginary voters, we run the risk of disenfranchising voters who may or may not exist. It is a specious argument, especially as the Obama […]
By SusanUnPC on May 31, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Voter Enfranchisement | 365 Comments
[ALERT]: C-SPAN IS ACCEPTING TELEPHONE CALLS
Sen. Clinton Supporters Call 202.585.3885
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By SusanUnPC on May 31, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Donna Brazile, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Louisiana, Michigan, Voter Enfranchisement | 8 Comments
LisaB’s powerful new story — “Reconciling Parts of Barack Obama - How?” — did not get posted last night, as scheduled (my error). It is below. READ IT.
Louisiana Automatic Delegate Endorses Hillary: Louisiana automatic delegate Buddy Leach announced his support for Hillary Clinton today. Leach is a former Congressman and 2003 gubernatorial candidate.
MORE […]
By SusanUnPC on May 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Voter Enfranchisement | 443 Comments
COMMENTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW CLOSED. GO TO THREAD #2 for MORE live-blogging by TRUTHTELLER.
GOOD MORNING ALL! GO HILLARY! (LIVE on C-Span.org and WaPo online)
I’m checking media sites:
Halperin links to WSJ:
“Garin: Not So Fast: “Even though voting ends Tuesday, Clinton’s top strategist says “it’s very unlikely the nomination will be […]
By SusanUnPC on May 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats, Harold Ickes | 105 Comments
My 25-year-old beautiful daughter asked me today.
“I thought our country was founded on the principle that people should have DIFFERENT views and be for DIFFERENT people and ideas,” she said.
I thought about it for a second, and replied:
“Maybe that’s why our founding fathers created different branches of government …”
My daughter interrupted:
“YES, mom! So […]
By SusanUnPC on May 22, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Michigan | 62 Comments
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UPDATE: A directly-relevant must-read is Anglachel’s “Legitimacy, Not Unity.”
UPDATE #2: BELOW THE FOLD IS Fox News’s “Clinton Camp Says 2026 Number No Longer Relevant For Nomination.” (A GREAT SUMMARY OF THE CALL, per usual — these days — thanks to Fox News’s fair and balanced reporting!)
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Here is THE FULL AUDIO (MP3) for today’s conference […]
