DNC To Decide MI & FL

May 31st, 2008 at 02:01pm Geoff

Today it is likely that the DNC Rules Committee will decide if and how to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida—states disqualified from having delegates for having held their primaries earlier on the calendar than party rules permitted—at the party’s convention this August. The result will have ramifications not only on the immediate race between Sens. Clinton and Obama, but possibly upon the general election in November.

Specifically, if the Rules Committee were to hold firm on Michigan’s and Florida’s disqualification—disenfranchising Democratic voters within those states—the Democratic nominee could come to pay for it in the fall. According to the RealClearPolitics averages, Sen. McCain is already currently leading Sen. Obama in Florida by eight points and by three points in Michigan, a state Democrats have won the past four presidential elections and absolutely have to have this year for their nominee to win in the fall. Refusing to seat delegates at the convention from these respective states runs the risk of antagonizing voters therefrom against the party’s nominee, especially if that nominee (i.e. Sen. Obama) is perceived to have benefitted from those disqualifications.

 UPDATE (1:15a.m. PST, Sunday): The DNC Rules Committee decides to split the baby.

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