Greg Sargent doesn’t get it:
Bloomberg News takes a look at what Hillary needs to do to earn a popular vote win, and finds that she basically needs to do the political equivalent of pitching a no-hitter, hitting for the cycle, and pulling an unassisted triple play — all in one game:
What these geniuses forget is that Florida and Michigan were stripped of their delegates, but not their votes.
All the DNC rulings in the world about delegates doesn’t change the official vote tallies from the primaries in those two states. Counting all the votes gives a net gain of about 600,000 votes to Hillary, giving Obama about a 200,000 lead, with several contests to go.
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So nice the MCM is so considerate of DNC Roolz--
The DNC had rules in place for dealing with states moving their primary date earlier than permitted—take away 50% of their delegates.
For some reason, the DNC rules committee chose to impose a new more Draconian penalty, total removal of delegates. Why is still not clear to me even after reading Wayne Barrett’s excellent article on how the ReThugs messed over the Dems—in FL, MI, and nationally.
Very little MCM coverage of the ReThug roles in FL and MI.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008…
Thanks for the link
to Common Dreams article. Now I can switch out linkies to the HuffPo re: Wayne Barrett.
Look to the mighty corrente for your answer
bringiton: …the person singularly associated with the FL & MI debacle, the individual who personifies intransigence and lack of imagination, the creature most out of step with principles of equality and voter rights, and that is Donna Brazile.