Delegates
Well Nancy, I would suggest you have quite a task at hand - being the "great uniter." The question is where do you start? The media's question to you is, "How to unite the party?" More specifically, my question to you is, "How do you unite the electorate?"
Hillary has blown the cover and roof off the DNC Rules Committee. If things were going a little better for her, she may not have, but this is her last stand. Now your major problem, Nancy, is to explain all this to your electorate - your electorate who braved the elements to make this 2008 primary season one of the highest voter turnout in recent history. You would have to explain to confused and baffled American voters where in the constitution it gives the DNC Rules Committee the authority to deny Florida and Michigan voters the right to have their delegates seated at the convention. Denied because they had to have their knuckles smacked hard for setting their primary dates when they did.
But you can assure them that your DNC Rules Committee split the baby on Saturday, May 31, 2008. Never mind the electoral vote - that never really counted anyway, did it? No, somehow the DNC Rules Committee found a way to "almost" split the delegates in both states - EVEN a state in which Obama's name was not on the ballot, Michigan. read more »
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The Associated Press is reporting that delegates now committed to John McCain from Michigan and Louisiana have boosted his total delegates to 903, just 288 short of the 1,191 needed to officially gain the GOP Nomination!
Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, picked up a total of 50 GOP national convention delegates from Michigan and Louisiana Saturday.
Republicans met in both states to resolve how to divvy up delegates to the national convention in September.
Thirty-two of Louisiana's 47 delegates told The Associated Press they intend to vote for McCain, and three others also are expected to back him.
Likewise, a majority of Michigan's presidential delegates also say they'll back the Arizona senator now that primary winner Mitt Romney is out of the race, although it's still unclear how many will go to the national convention.
As a result, McCain has 903 total delegates nationally, according to an Associated Press tally. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has 245, while Romney's total dropped to 253. A total of 1,191 are needed to secure the nomination.
The McCain campaign said 43 of Louisiana's delegates have signed pledges to vote for McCain.
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It looks like John McCain will received the majority of delegates from both Michigan and Louisiana, both states he did not win in primaries held there. But with Romney's releasing of his delegates, CBS News reports a decision has been made in meetings Friday and Saturday for the majority in Michigan to support John McCain.
Louisiana Republicans came to the same decision today, since neither Huckabee or McCain received 50% of the vote in last Saturday's primary in the Bayou State. Huckabee won narrowly, but did not get 50%. Had he received 50%+, the delegates would have been pledged to him.
Clearly, this is great news for John McCain, just one more sign that he will be the GOP Nominee.
The majority of Republican delegates in Michigan and Louisiana say they'll back Sen. John McCain. The states held party meetings to divvy up delegates to the national convention in September. (Click "Read More" Below) read more »
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