Clinton MI/FL Media Call Live Blog
A heads up. At Noon EST, I will be live blogging the Clinton conference call on the May 31 DNC Rules and Bylaw Committee hearing on the Florida/Michigan Fiasco.
Let me tell you the question I hope to ask
In reading the DNC Staff Memo on the FL/MI situation, I noticed it did not discuss some critical issues. First, it did not address Florida's argument that it was entitled to a "waiver" or "safe harbor" pursuant to Rule 21. Second, it did not discuss the validity of the RBC's granting of "waivers" or "safe harbors" to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina for violating Rule 11, the primary schedule rule. At the same time the memo stated that a 50% penalty was the automatic and mandatory penalty for violating Rule 11. Can you explain to me the Clinton campaign view on this seeming contradictions in the treatment of Florida and Michigan as compared to Iowa, NH and South Carolina? As you know, Michigan has submitted a letter which emphasizes its objections to this unequal treatment. If the DNC Staff argument is that the RBC does not have unfettered power to reinstate the Florida and Michigan delegations, isn't the logical conclusion then that the RBC did not have the power to grant waivers to Iowa, NH and South Carolina, and thus their delegations must also suffer the 50% penalty?
The live blog will be below the fold.
By Big Tent Democrat
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