So Much For Party Unity, Clinton Reject Michigan Plan

May 8th, 2008

Earlier I remarked that Michigan was moving close to achieving a plan to seat delegates at the convention giving Clinton 69 delegates and Obama 59. It is a rather fair plan considering Obama’s name wasn’t on the ballot and Michigan broke party rules. It wasn’t enough for the Clinton camp though who rejected the plan saying “This proposal does not honor the 600,000 votes that were cast in Michigan’s January primary. Those votes must be counted.”

In my opinion, this is a VERY stupid move. Now I personally have been rejecting the notion that the Clinton’s are out to somehow destroy the party or are operating in a delusional state about their chances. This is a sign I JUST MIGHT be wrong.

The most gracious move Clinton can make now is to be civil, put the fight aside and work as hard as possible to unify the party. This is a sign that the campaign might not be intent on doing that. Why wouldn’t Clinton simply take any delegates she can get, make herself a power broker and work to regain her image with Democrats? To this I have no answer that doesn’t fit into some warped liberal blogger’s rant.

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