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March 5, 2008
Posted: 06:02 PM ET
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama at the University of Miami for a Univision debate in September 2007, Miami, Florida.
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: Don’t silence more than 5.1 million Americans. That’s the message coming from Florida and Michigan. The governors of these two states, Charlie Crist and Jennifer Granholm, have joined together calling on the Democratic and Republican National Committees to seat their delegates. They say it’s “intolerable” that the political parties have denied their citizens their votes, especially since Americans have turned out in record numbers to exercise this right. But Michigan and Florida were penalized for moving up their primaries. Hillary Clinton is claiming victories in both states, despite the fact that Barack Obama wasn’t even on the ballot in Michigan and didn’t campaign in Florida. She included both states in last night’s speech as she rattled off all the “battleground states” she’s won so far. Clinton wants the delegates from Florida and Michigan to be seated at the convention, saying it would be a “mistake for the Democratic Party to punish these two states.” Two of Clinton’s backers – Terry McAuliffe and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell – are talking about the possibility of a re-vote in Florida and Michigan. When it comes down to it, these delegates could make a big difference to either Clinton or Barack Obama considering that neither candidate can win enough delegates in the remaining contests without the help of the superdelegates. Here’s my question to you: What role, if any, should Michigan and Florida play in picking the winner between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama? Interested to know which ones made it on air?
Anne from Texas writes: Roger from Florida writes: KB from Iowa writes: Josh writes: Flash writes: Ken writes: Filed under: 2008 Election Democratic Race
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