Saturday, May 31, 2008

Unity?

The resolution:

By a vote of 27-0, Florida's delegation restored, each with a half vote, based on the primary results last January (105 for Clinton, 67 for Obama).

By a vote of 19-8, Michigan's delegation restored, each with a half vote, with a Clinton 69 delegate, Obama 59 delegate split.

This is a net gain of 24 delegates for Clinton.

Note that each of these proposals are the ones that were put forward by the state Democratic Parties as their best ideas for resolving the dispute. So it's interesting that the Clinton campaign was seeking more from the committee than the states themselves were.

Harold Ickes, an RBC member and top Clinton adviser, used a lot of inflammatory language before the Michigan vote, saying democracy was being "hijacked." And he reserved Clinton's right to forward the matter to the Democratic Party's Credentials Committee.

Clinton supporters in the crowd made a large amount of noise, continuing throughout the voting process and despite multiple requests to restore order. At one point the Chair asked security to secure the doors. Methinks Hillary is not going quietly, sigh.

No word on the Florida and Michigan superdelegates... I may have missed the resolution of that issue.

(UPDATED) The net result: a candidate now needs 2118 delegates to secure the nomination. MSNBC believes Obama needs 62.5 to reach that number. He remains 175.5 delegates ahead of Clinton (Obama 2055.5, Clinton 1880). She'd need to win roughly 75% of the remaining of the 200+ uncommitted superdelegates to pull even with Obama.

And despite Ickes' strong language, even had he prevailed with his position--that Clinton get 74 full delegates from Michigan and Obama none--Obama would still maintain a significant lead.

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