Clinton Press Release: Clinton Campaign Reaction to Michigan Democrats’ Statement
April 4, 2008 | Permalink
[Clinton Campaign Press Release from April 4, 2008]
[This press release is in response to this statement from the Michigan Democrat Party which concludes that a party run caucus or primary will not be practical.]
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Clinton Campaign Reaction to Michigan Democrats’ Statement
Deputy Communications Director Phil Singer issued the following comment in response to a statement by the Michigan Democrats’ Executive Committee:
“The issues and voters of Michigan are too important to be dismissed. Close to 600,000 Michiganians cast ballots in January and these votes cannot be ignored. We urge the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee to take all necessary steps to ensure the voices of the people of Michigan are heard and its delegates are seated at the Democratic convention this summer. Already, over 100,000 people have signed our petition calling on the DNC to seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida. We urge Senator Obama to join our efforts to ensure that the votes of the people of Michigan and Florida are counted.”
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The people of Michigan should be heard - when they deal with their governor and legislature that got them to this point. How one counts the votes when one candidate was on the ballot and one was not, consistent with the guidance from the DNC, is beyond me. Senator Clinton didn’t care about this until it was clear that miracles were required for her to regain the lead. She certainly didn’t care about the voters when she expressed support for the lawsuit in Nevada to close down the at-large caucus sites. The rhetoric was the same - sacred rights of the voters, but the lawsuit sought to shut down the at-large precincts that would have large contingents from the Culinary Workers union - which had the nerve to endorse Senator Obama.
Michigan voters do not matter. Hillary herself self there is no such thing as a pledged delegate. Delegates are allocated based on the commoners votes, but according to Hillary, they are free to vote for whomever they choose, which begs the question, “Why hold a primary?” What is a primary’s purpose if not to allocate pledged delegates?