Obama: seat, don't count, FL and MI
From today's excellent AP overview: ''...Obama said Friday that he wants Michigan and Florida - two key states in the general election campaign - to participate in the convention without affecting the outcome of the election. He did not provide specifics about conditions except to say it wouldn't be fair for Clinton to get the majority.
"I want to make sure that the Michigan and Florida delegates have the means to participate," he said at a news conference. "There are probably a whole slew of different solutions that could be come up with that would both achieve the interests of making sure that Michigan and Florida delegates participate without skewing the delegate count." "
And check out Nancy Pelosi, who back in June in Broward sounded like she supported Florida Democrats scheduling an early primary. Now, she's saying FL's 1/29 vote should not be counted if it could decide the nominee.
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