I forgot to layout the context of your YouTube: she was defending her decision to stay on Michigan’s ballot.

I just watched the YouTube. It seems that Hillary is admitting what — at the time — seemed obvious: that the DNC will refuse to count Michigan.

That said, what point are you making?

And I thank you for passing it along.

I’m glad to hear some inside stuff about Michigan. As a Floridian, I’m more familiar with my state’s situation than yours. But we are in the same boat.

You’re too funny (cranial explosions).

I suspect that Obama will unleash a bunch of false ads in WV just days before the primary. He certainly has the cash to do it.

I don’t know how state or federal election laws affect primaries (as opposed to general elections).

In principle, however, you’re right: it’s vote theft.

You certainly make a good point!

Thanks so much for sending the letter. It can’t hurt, and it certainly could help.

I hope that everyone will send an email or snail mail letter between now and May 31.

Email form:
http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contactissues

Snail Mail:
Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

It does look like some party “leaders” have been trying to tilt this election toward Obama for quite a while.

That’s why I (and likely millions of other Dems) are so upset with the party “leadership.”

It’s as though Ms. Brazile, et. al., woke up one morning and found themselves possessed by the GOP spirit.

Well, the pocketbook does seem to be what speaks to many members of Congress. Surprise, surprise.

‘Shame that he didn’t make the threat two months ago.

I didn’t know that about Washington (primary v. Caucus). Good point.

I agree re: Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest.

I think it’s pretty plain that some DNC leaders simply want Obama to win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULxxBz-PAjg

That it’s “Not going to count for anything.”

On another note, I was in Indiana for the primary and I attended a training session for Gary poll watchers supporting HRC. (These are the bravest people on Earth BTW). At the beginning of the meeting, one of the poll watchers led us in prayer. Halfway through what was a spiritually lifting experience, she started to say things that startled me. She thanked God for giving us the opportunity to exercise free choice, to be free from manipulation, to be free from intimidation, to demand not to be taken for granted. These men and women, primarily AAs, are angry. They are angry that Obama has been manipulating them – “hood-winked” and “bamboozled” – they’re angry that Obama takes them for granted – note the all white back drop of supporters at Obama’s NC victory speech – and they are angry that the AA community is pressuring them and intimidating them to vote for a candidate on the basis of the color of his skin. Just thought I would pass that along.

Both our MDP leaders and the Republicans assured our state voters many times leading up to our primary that our votes certainly would count, and that they would do whatever possible to make sure our delegates were eventually seated.

Regardless of that since we couldn’t count on that coming true the Hillary supporter faction had a backup plan and made sure they secured a small portion of those Uncommitted votes to guarantee some seats at the convention one way or another. Every single Dem candidate we had whether they had removed their names on purpose (Obama, Edwards, Biden, Richardson) or the ones smart enough to leave their names on (Clinton, Dodd, Gravel, Kucinich) received “votes” in the Uncommitted column precisely because of the abnormal situation. Including the ones that had just dropped out of the race, they still had their fans. According to exit polls Edwards would have received something like 12% himself and Obama only slightly higher than that. Then we have to factor in the additional normal votes cast for all four that remained on the ballot that did have a line to vote for. Kucinich received over 22,000 of those alone.

It comes down to what I called the “Edbama” faction at the time absolutely campaigned and spammed heavily for Uncommitted, including flyers illegally using the MI Dem Party official logo. But Obama lead the way to take his name off, then he and his minions blocked a revote, yet demanded a 50/50 split of delgates from not one legal vote for him in our state when his name wasn’t on the ballot by his own plotting, and now they want to give him all those Uncommitted spread out votes PLUS some of Hillary’s that she earned and deserves? Insane.

And what happened to the results of the 15 congressional district delegate conventions they recently held here where they stuck to the original vote & delegate counts and did the first stage allocating? They expect those being thrown out now too? Hillary again got some of those Uncommitted delegates, Obama did not get all of them. As far as I’m concerned he deserves zero delegates from Michigan. He broke the “rulz” in FL, he deserves zero delegates from there if the DNC were to actually follow any rules at all.

Well well, by 2012 I guess nobody needs to campaign in any state at all, just stamp your foot and demand some delegates. I think we should also run about a dozen women for Prez. Why the hell not, who needs a resume, experience, vetting, or any accomplishments to speak of, as has been proved with Obama? Thanks Obama! You’ve opened the door wide up to anyone can now run!