DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee roundup

Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 10:58.

There was much drama at the DNC RBC meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Here's a roundup of Tennessee blogger reaction...

Sharoncobb: Obama, even though he wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan, is willing to compromise. He has so much class, while Hillary...what rhymes with class?

Vibinc: UPDATE 8:30: I'm watching MSNBC, and I'm glad to see that Rachel Maddow is providing color commentary this morning. I doubt that anything will be resolved today, but the process is REALLY interesting to me. (Live blog with extensive notes on arguments. See also: Fixing the Presidential Primary System)

KnoxViews: What I watched of the process was open and fair to both sides in terms of hearing arguments. The Michigan decision, though, was bullshit. I don't see how this committee can take delegates away from Clinton and give them to Obama with a straight face. And I'd say that if the candidate's positions were reversed.

Tennessee Guerilla Women: Harold Ickes was mad as hell. Ickes said that Hillary reserves her right to take it to the Credentials Committee -- which is as good as saying she may take it to Denver. (Plus a TGW roundup of reaction. And, start at the top and scroll down for coverage of protests and more.)

The Crone Speaks: Shorter version, according to the RBC, not all votes matter. And that is truly the saddest part of this whole mess, coming from the party that insists all votes should matter. I am truly disappointed with this message. And worse yet, this message will stoke the outrage some voters already feel. Instead of listening to Howard Dean, the RBC fueled further disunity. How stupid is that?

Obama supporters in the Tennessee blogosphere are mostly silent this morning. Presumably they are pleased with the outcome and see no point in poking another stick in the hornet's nest.

UPDATE: WhitesCreek Steve: The Compromises went heavily in favor of Hillary Clinton with being awarded the maximum number of delegates that could have been awarded to her under the bylaws of the Democratic Party, and she's just not happy.

UPDATE: Sean Braisted: The absolute cogitative dissonance of Harold Ickes and others, who voted last year to ensure Florida and Michigan would not count towards the nomination, and who are now demagoging the situation and comparing it to civil rights battles or the Florida disenfranchisement; is just absolutely appalling, and it preys on the ignorance of their supporters who are confused about how this process really worked.


Obama guy here
The opinion of one Obama guy

I do think the decision was acceptable, but I was at the YDA convention in Nashville, and thus unable to watch the results real-time. Overall, it shows just how nutty some of Hillary's supporters are...and as far as Michigan and Florida goes, they had lower turnout than the Republicans; in South Carolina we had over 100K more voters, which tells me turnout was severely depressed (especially in Michigan) due to the situation, which tells me they were glorified straw polls.

Obama I'm sure will eventually support full voting rights at the Credentials Committee once the nomination is wrapped up and assuming Hillary concedes; in which case, it will send a message to future states that the rules don't mean a damn thing, and no candidate will sign a pledge that they won't campaign in states that violated the rules.

Andy Axel's picture
The "high road" not taken

Overall, it shows just how nutty some of Hillary's supporters are.

Overall? That's all that you can objectively come away with?

Their individual votes will matter just as much as yours come November, even if they only count for a fraction at the convention. Isn't *that* just nutty?

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Yep

Sorry Andy, I was referring to video of her supporters at the committee...and yes, objectively, many were "nutty".

Andy Axel's picture
Which ones? Did you see any

Which ones?

Did you see any video of non-nutty supporters at the RBC?

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No, were there any there?

No, were there any there?

Andy Axel's picture
My point

My point exactly.

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