“The festering is over, this is a declared war.” (Video Update.)

Great news! Go Florida!

I couldn’t believe the story was coming from CNN. Toobin put it very well. This is a case where Barack Obama needs to show some leadership. Let’s see it. Now.

Clinton lied. She pledged not to campaign in Florida, and did just the opposite.

[...] Crossposted at No Quarter. [...]

And Nevada.

Rasmussen Reports:

Clinton 46% - McCain 41%

Obama 40% - McCain 46%

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/nevada/election_2008_nevada_presidential_election

Good news for the voters of Florida! Donna racist Brazile should be fired from any association with the DNC. I understand that it was Donna racist Brazile who forced through this penalty.

I’m hoping that Clinton has some of her toughest junk yard fighters working on her behalf. This is war — the Chicago political machine has got to be stopped.

Look. It’s simple. I live in Florida. If Barack fights to disenfranchise my vote in the primary, he is not going to get it in the general. What goes around, comes around. Period.

1. The DNC disenfranchised your vote, not Barack Obama. Stick to the facts.

2. You’re going to punish the Democratic party because you didn’t get your way? How… infantile. I’m sure McCain appreciates the help.

Ob has had a lose-lose choice all along regarding the two states when every option came up.

That Brazile tried to turn it into a caucus is the unveiling of the entire scheme to annoint him.

If he had let the votes count Hillary would have won.

If he let the revote happen Hillary would have won.

That he stood in the way and bamboozled the democratic voters of two states will lead to a victory for McCain.

The only thing that will save the party is to have the superdelegates do their jobs and chose the right person for the job of president.

The road to the white house is a long hard path for a reason, it is crucial as we found out in 2000 to count every single vote. They have no other option.

The solidarity of voters goes way beyond those two states and the eyes of the world will be watching on May 31st.

Ob will lose no matter what, he has proven he cannot stand the heat of the kitchen and should get out.

The funny thing is if they enforce the rules he gets zero votes for both states. Hope they hand him his walking papers and tell him to get out of dodge.

Annie Oakley nailed him every step of the way.

Wanna rate Obama? Go to Definition No. 2 and give it a thumbs up rating.

To summarise:

waaa, waaa, waaa, if my candidate isnt nominated I will torpedo yours.

How very Clinton.

“Clinton”; In its verb form “Clinton” refers to using the threat of collateral damage to impose your will on a democratic process. For example “If you dont crown me Queen, I will Clinton your ass”.

The verb arose during the 2008 Democratic Nomination when Hillary Clinton, upon discovering the nomination for President wasnt given to her as a formality in the form of a coronation, undertook a devastating and cynical campaign to steal the election from the front runner Barak Obama. Her strategy involved exploiting the easily fooled, poorly educated, “hard working” Americans and spinning lies that play to these people’s racial fears.

A typical ploy might be to stress Barak Obama’s middle name (Hussein) to infer some Muslim connection to this devout Christian.

Another popular tactic was to continously move the goal post to spin a win from what was a rejection by the majority of the voters. For example, claiming a popular vote lead by taking credit for elections in which her name was the only one on the ballot AND ignoring elections in which your opponent won (for other examples of this form of “democracy” please refer to Sadam Hussein, Robert Mugabe)

The candidate for President is elected only at the convention. Before that anything can happen. And the calls for Hillary to drop out only show the desperation on the part of the Obots. If they can’t even show the intestinal fortitude to see the democratic primary fight to its logical conclusion, how are they going to fare in the genertal election if Obama wins the nomination?
Are they going to whine through September and October that Sen McCain is not conceding the Presidential Election if the opinion polls show McCain trailing Obama?

Sorry to keep posting this but it must get out….

Rule 11.A. of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention states the following:
11. TIMING OF THE DELEGATE SELECTION PROCESS
A. No meetings, caucuses, conventions or primaries which constitute the first determining stage in the presidential nomination process (the date of the primary in primary states, and the date of the first tier caucus in caucus states) may be held prior to the first Tuesday in February or after the second Tuesday in June in the calendar year of the national convention. Provided, however, that the Iowa precinct caucuses may be held no earlier than 22 days before the first Tuesday in February; that the Nevada first-tier caucuses may be held no earlier than 17 days before the first Tuesday in February; that the New Hampshire primary may be held no earlier than 14 days before the first Tuesday in February; and that the South Carolina primary may be held no earlier than 7 days before the first Tuesday in February. In no instance may a state which scheduled delegate selection procedures on or between the first Tuesday in February and the second Tuesday in June 1984 move out of compliance with the provisions of this rule.

We already know that Florida and Michigan violated Rule 11.A. by moving their primaries to a date before the first Tuesday in February. There is no argument there, but what about Iowa, New Hampshire, and yes, South Carolina too.

Rule 11.A specifically set the date for the primaries & caucuses for those three states as “no earlier than 22 days before the first Tuesday in February” (Iowa), “no earlier than 14 days before the first Tuesday in February” (New Hampshire), and “no earlier than 7 days before the first Tuesday in February” (South Carolina).
Iowa held their caucuses on January 3rd. That’s more than 22 days before the first Tuesday in February. New Hampshire held their primary on January 8th. That’s more than 17 days before the first Tuesday in February. And South Carolina held their primary on January 26th. That’s more than 7 days before the first Tuesday in February.

Under Rule 11.A., five states were in violation of the Democratic National Committee’s Delegate Selection Rules, and as such, all five states should have been punished under Rule 20.C.1.a.

Violation of timing: In the event the Delegate Selection Plan of a state party provides or permits a meeting, caucus, convention or primary which constitutes the first determining stage in the presidential nominating process to be held prior to or after the dates for the state as provided in Rule 11 of these rules, or in the event a state holds such a meeting, caucus, convention or primary prior to or after such dates, the number of pledged delegates elected in each category allocated to the state pursuant to the Call for the National Convention shall be reduced by fifty (50%) percent, and the number of alternates shall also be reduced by fifty (50%) percent. In addition, none of the members of the Democratic National Committee and no other unpledged delegate allocated pursuant to Rule 8.A. from that state shall be permitted to vote as members of the state’s delegation. In determining the actual number of delegates or alternates by which the state’s delegation is to be reduced, any fraction below .5 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and any fraction of .5 or greater shall be rounded up to the next nearest whole number.

Yes, you read that right; under Rule 20.C.1.a., Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina would have all lost their super delegates and had their pledged delegates reduced by half since they all violated Rule 11.A.

However, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina weren’t punished fairly. In fact, they weren’t punished at all.
And what about Florida & Michigan?
Well, we all know what happened to them.

Instead of strictly adhering to Rule 20.C.1.a. and reducing their pledged delegates by 50%, the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee decided to take it a step further. The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee exercised the authority granted to them by Rules 20.C.5. and 20.C.6. which allowed them to “impose sanctions the Committee deems appropriate.” And what were those sanctions the Committee deemed appropriate? Stripping two of the largest states in the union of all their votes at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Ladies & Gentlemen, this is what happens when the rules aren’t applied equally and fairly. And as I said before, this mess is a result of the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee not applying the rules equally and fairly.
So, the next time someone starts talking about the rules, might I suggest two courses of action:

1.) Read the damn rules first!
-and-
2.) Let them know that the rules were bent to allow for Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina to keep their preferred first-in-the-nation status.

Did anyone watch CNN this am? Some Karen T?? lady was on saying Clinton is negotiating with BO and will be dropping out if her criteria is met. Did anyone else hear it? It is true or more of the same bullshit?

We need more of this:

Well Now, There’s A Switch!
May 22nd, 2008 8:24 pm

For the first time, a Superdelegate that had been leaning towards Obama has switched to Clinton. Guam Democratic Party Chair Pilar Lujan has endorsed Clinton after indicating that she would support Obama when he won the Guam caucus by 7 votes.

“After taking a close look at the candidates in this race, I was more impressed by Senator Clinton’s ability to meet the challenges of the presidency: end the war, re-invigorate the economy, and provide universal health care,” said Lujan. “When she becomes the first woman president, she will think of the people of Guam and their aspirations.”

This is a good sign. This race is not over by a long shot. While Pilar Lujan did not mention the Electoral Map in her decision to endorse Clinton and back away from her previous stance of supporting Obama, I would have to believe that polling data from North Carolina, Florida, Missouria and Pennsylvania in the past week that have Clinton beating McCain in those states also had Obama losing to McCain might have also played a role in her decision.

Did I just hear Jeffrey Toobin say that this is a problem for Obama? Did Jeffrey Toobin, who has pandered for Obama incessantly actually suggest that a real leader would be working to solve this problem?

Well then, take a look at who is showing that suggested leadership. And it ain’t Obama. But Toobin was very careful not to say that Senator Clinton is showing the leadership that Obama is not. What a surprise. NOT!

Saw this at talk left.

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Obama Met Secretly With Shady Imam in Michigan This Week

Barack Obama met secretly with a controversial Imam this week in Michigan.
Imam Hassan Qazwini has hosted Louis Farrakhan at his mosque and is close to the Hezbollah Spiritual Leader who issued the fatwa to blow up 300 U.S. Marines and embassy officials in 1983.

Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, met privately with Sen. Barack Obama at Macomb Community College on May 14, 2008. (Detroit Free Press)

Imam Hassan Qazwini met privately with Senator Barack Obama this week in Michigan.
The Detroit Free Press reported:

A Muslim leader from Dearborn met privately with Sen. Barack Obama during his Wednesday visit to Michigan.

Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America, said in an email that he met with Obama at Macomb Community College. A mosque spokesman, Eide Alawan, confirmed that the meeting took place. During the meeting, the two discussed the Presidential election, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Iraq war, according to Qazwini.

At the end of the meeting, Qazwini said he gave Obama a copy of new book, “American Crescent,” (his book on why Islam is good for America) and invited Obama to visit his center.

The meeting with Obama came about after Qazwini had asked David Bonior, the former U.S. Rep. from Michigan, if he could meet with Obama during his visit. Qazwini was not selected to be part of a group of 20 people who met with Obama, but Qazwini later got a private meeting with Obama, Alawan said.
Hat Tip Banafsheh Zand Bonazzi

Debbie Schlussel wrote about Imam Hassan Qazmini and saw Farrakhan speak at his mosque in 1998:

In 1998, the mosque–then in Detroit–was the first mosque to which I went undercover. I wrote about it in The Detroit Newsistan, before the paper became Muslim-occupied territory under such boneheaded individuals as editorial page editor Nolan Dhimmi Finley. At the time, the mosque hosted Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who delivered a long hate-filled rant against Jews and Christians (and in praise of Saddam Hussein). When Farrakhan called Jewish Americans “forces of evil” with a “Satanic mentality.” Imam Qazwini and his congregants gave him a standing ovation. That’s not to mention that the Imam and other Muslim officials introduced Farrakhan as “our dear brother” and “a freedom fighter.”
Imam Hassan Qazwini has met with the Spiritual leader of Hezbollah:

Imam Hassan Qazwini(right) meets with Hezbollah Spiritual Leader Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. (This photo is posted at DebbieSchlussel.com)

Debbie Schlussel wonders what Obama is doing hanging out with Hezbollah’s Iranian Agent Imam in Michigan?

Iranian Human Rights activist Banafsheh Zand Bonazzi wrote to add this on the meeting:

Here we have one of the most unnoticed Mullah promoters, someone who is allegedly a member of the Mullahs secret agent network (VEVAK), now living in the U.S. and said to be working in brainwashing people in Dearborn, on behalf of the terrorist regime of Iran, meeting with Obama. I would bet my bottom dollar that he has a message from his presumed bosses in Tehran for this Democrat candidate. But how come this isn’t being reported more widely?!

All my best to them. I hope this will be worked out so that no voter is left out of the process. None of this was their fault. The primary was moved, because of an act by the legislature of Florida. What were they supposed to do? Stay home and not vote? And then their voices still wouldn’t be heard, and they would still be left out of the process.
If the DNC doesn’t resolve this fairly, the Democratic party will pay dearly in November. No amount of schmoozing on any politicians’ part will make those voters forget how they were screwed over by the party leadership in order to nominate their chosen one. You’d better believe that the GOP won’t let them forget it. The GOP will runs ads 24/7 reminding the voters of Florida that Barack Obama stood in opposition to their votes being counted so not to jeopardize his front-runner status for the nomination.

When the decision was made to take away all of the delegates, I don’t think anyone imagined it would be such a close race. At this point, it is obvious the rules committee made some very poor choices.

If Obama becomes the nominee and Clinton supporters believe he did so by gaming the caucuses and disenfranchising the voters of Michigan and Florida, he will pay a price in November. So, people can continue to argue that the rules are the rules, but they need to realize those rules come with some serious repercussions. (And, has anyone noticed that the same people who argue the rules are the rules with respect to Florida and Michigan are the ones trying to circumvent the convention and the rules which say a nominee is not legitimate until then?)

Right now, the party just seems to be on the wrong side of the argument. Not counting votes just doesn’t seem to be very “democratic.” Punishing voters for decisions beyond their control doesn’t seem fair or respectful. Preventing candidates from campaigning in states that will be important in the general also doesn’t seem to have been a prudent decision.

Geller’s letter is very powerful as is his argument. And what Toobin said about the responsibility being Obama’s was brilliant. Where are the Messiah’s magical powers when someone actually asks him to demonstrate them? The only magical power I have witnessed from Obama is his innate ability to turn smoke into mirrors.

Hillary is now taking Nevada by 5 points over McCain, while Obama loses by 5.

Marxist Barack Obama: WhatEVER will you do?????????

This is where this all has been leading since the Clinton team of Sosnick, Craig Smith, Maggie Williams and Ickes took over from the catatonic pair of Patty Doylre and Penn.

Since then we have won every state we needed to win - leading by 500,000 votes since feb.

When Obamas lawyer stopped the mi rebote - over the amazing reasoning that it was unfair that those who had already voted in the gop primary couldnt vote AGAIN in the revoted dem primary - I saw this could be their fatal mistake…

IF Hillary was able to win TX,OH,IN,KY, WV…

Well…it seems she has….and since Obama stopped the MI revote - F him - count that state as voted. There can be no “compromise”. The revote was the frigging compromise! Hillary gets ALL her MI delegates and then we fight over the uncommitted!

This was and is the plan folks! The media didnt and dont get it - but this is why she has fought on - bot to maybe be vp as the media mooks keep suggesting - but to get the majority of votes and winning over the SDs.

The media may be with Obarry - but the wind and the tidal change is with US!

…as a former 2004 elected delegate for the State of Florida..if Obama does not count my vote in full for the primary, he will never get my vote in November!

I was one of 10 people that tested our DRE sequoia voting machines after the 2004 presidential election..5 were voters and 5 were verifiers that we voted what the papers said..
I had a machine that swaped the votes ..it was filmed , a reporter was there with the St Pete Times and he watched the swaping going on in my machine..and yet no one reported what happened.

No one ever saw the tape of it. Not even me , even when i was demanding see the tape..i never saw it.

The test was run like doing a real election, everything was timed according to how people in real time vote on the machines.

We had Blind votes to cast ..a stack of papers with votes we were to put into the machines.

the 1st. vote i had was a Kerry vote..it took 3 times to get the Kerry vote to register on the machine..bush kept coming up on the machine

the 2nd. vote i had was a kerry vote..it took 5 times for kerry to register on the machine, Bush kept coming up on the machine 5 times.

the 3rd vote i had was a kerry vote, it took 9 times for kerry to register on the machine, bush kept coming up on the machine, but this time i had the verifyer cast the vote , i over saw him vote..9 times.

The following day the St Pete times reported there were no problems with the testing of the Sequoia Voting machines.

I know two of the citizens who brought about the legislature that banned the DRE voting machines in 15 counties in Fla..one i helped bring into the frey to get these machines out of the state and help me educate people to the disaster these machines are and were to our democracy and our state.

4 citizens who helped write the legislature just recieved the highest award the Florida ACLU gives out this past weekend…for their work in removing these machines from our state elections, and requiring mandated voter verified paper ballots.

There has been a deliberate attempt by people on other web sites to spread disinformation about the DNC ruling and the Bill that banned the Dre Voting machines, and mandate VVPB..i have watched these people spread disinformation on one particular site for approx 1 year..

Why they have chosen to do so i do not know..but i have my suspicions.But it has been a deliberate attempt to muddy the waters..and i just wonder if those people have ties to the DNC and the disinformation has possibly been an attempt to steal a Primary election, or at least manipulate an election.

fly

The list of people who are rebelling against this Marxist takeover of Democracy is getting longer by the day. This movie is a remake. This time, it is time to toss these left wing nutcases OUT of the party. How many times should we put up with limp wristed left cliff candidates out of fear? In the end they ALWAYS lose. This guy is just another in a long line of useless candidates that get handily rejected by the majority of the party, which always was and always will be MODERATE. These are the crackpots, radicals, old hippies still on the bong and entrapped kids who See nothing but excitement who have kept our party from electing presidents as far back as the late sixties. Two presidents in THIRTY years thanks to these whack jobs who **think** they can threaten the electorate into voting for anouther empty suit. But the most odious of them all is Barack Obama, Marxist pig. His disdain of democracy (and love of the middle east) shows right now as if he pants were down. Obama, you have no clothes! You think you can sidestep democracy. We will not have you in charge of our country.

I give Tubin points for putting the blame on Obama on this issue. He is the stumbling block here. Dean does not want to take the initiative because he does not want Obama supporters to think he is favoring the other candidate. But Obama could easily solve this by saying he is for counting the votes. I made this point more than a few weeks ago against the troll B-Rob. Obama is a coward and lacks leadership and will be rejected because he let it fester for this long and even if he comes around on this issue (after having been scared now).

HERE’S THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER TO THE DNC!
1-877-336-7200

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/flmidnc/?sc=1860&utm_source=1860&utm_medium=e

Millions of people in Florida and Michigan went to the polls to make their voices heard in the Democratic Presidential primary. They deserve to have their votes count.

The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee is meeting on May 31 to make a decision about Florida and Michigan. Send a message to the DNC telling them to count the votes and seat Florida and Michigan’s delegates.

sorry things are not posting for me right here..and i am in rush to leave for appointment..please write or call the DNC and let your voice be heard..our votes have to be counted to have a real democracy..

today it is my vote , tommorrow it can and probably will be yours that is stolen..

do something about it now!

fly

I love the part of the video where they say it’s time for Obama to act like a leader and take some leadership on this. Of course he won’t, but it’s about time somebody in the media starts pointing out that Obama is accountable for things.

Obama, in effect, is throwing black voters in Florida under the bus. He has also turned his back on black legislators who have spent the last 7 yrs trying to bring some integrity to Florida elections.

People seem to have this perception of Obama as some great champion for black people, but take a look at his actions and his track record. He showed no leadership when people were living without heat in his district in Chicago and he’s shown no leadership towards the the black voters in Florida. He’s also shown no support towards those black congresspeople who have worked really hard for the past 7 yrs to try and bring integrity to Florida elections.

The right to vote and to have your vote counted is a basic civil right. If Obama was what he claims to be, he would be leading the fight to count Florida.

jumping in

GREAT video clip with Dobbs and Toobin!
(CNN has some cracks of light (and truth) starting to break through! Can you see them? YIPPEEEEEEEE!!

Guten Morgan! (or something like that)

I love the NO Quarter plug at the end of these videos too! Coolness!

Expecting BO to show what he does not know is not going to happen.

Leadership is not a quality BO possesses. Taking power kickbacks is.

Anybody check the Caymen Island banking money trail yet? And ya wonder what that vacation in Islands was about?

Oh look at the Update on this thread. There’s barky. Why….why….why he’s …campaigning.in.Florida in ….2007. No! Say it isn’t so!

Great U-Tubes……..THANKS!

I must say that I really enjoy this method of getting out the real story. I knew he held fundraisers. That was allowed. I had no idea his was a phony fundraiser. LOL*

Loved the marching band. Thanks!

I like Geller no nonsense attitude. He is articulate, sharp and to the point.

Good for Floridians to have such a good representative.

What a disgrace Dean, Brazile and Pelosi are for the DNC.

I don’t like Tobin but, he is right about Obama “this is no the middle east” and Obama has shown no leadership on this issue.

The DNC are behaving like true donkeys following Obama’s cue. So, think about it: based on the mess the DNC and Obama propagate about FL &MI; how will they govern if Obama is the nominee?

The DNC will follow the same incompetent and disatrous cue for 4 years but at a national and international level. This is dangerous.

We need a leader, we need HRC and we need her also to clean up the DNC leadership. This is one of the reasons Dean, Brazile and Pelosi are holding on so hard onto Obama: becaus ethey know that if HRC wins she will kick their asses to the moon.

Count all the votes!!

[...] an Obama backer are the three plaintiffs in the case filed [Thursday] in federal court. No Quarter has the video of Lou Dobbs interviewing one of the parties to the [...]

One of the best things about the Lou Dobbs segment with Geller was that is was stated that IA, NH and SC all got waivers for moving their dates before the dates allowed in the rules. That is one of the most important points that the country doesn’t know. That needs to be hammered on constantly from now until the convention so people don’t forget (in particular the SDs) that it wasn’t “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” (Honestly, I’ve always thought that was backwards. )

And I must say something else (off direct point). I live in Georgia, and know a good deal about John Lewis who marched with MLK, Jr. If any of you watched the interview he gave when he announced that he was switching his SD vote to Obama, you had to notice that he was VERY hurt. I cried. I feel certain he did, too. The Obama campaign and black leaders in Georgia FORCED him to do that under threat of losing his seat. Do I wish he had told them to go to hell, yes, but I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THE BLACK COMMUNITY & NATIONAL/LOCAL LEADERS WHO HAVE DONE THIS TO HIM!! So if anyone thinks Obama and his minions give a DAMN about the people in FL & MI, they need to remember what these lowlifes did to one of the very GIANTS on whose shoulders they really stand!

[...] may or may not make some self-important whiny-assed cry babies act more mature? so they stop their incessant Obama bashing, (or Clinton bashing). (HT: [...]

[...] may or may not make some self-important whiny-assed cry babies act more mature? so they stop their incessant Obama bashing, (or Clinton bashing). (HT: [...]

“Utterly brilliant, the Democratic leadership.”

That five million a year, No Nothing, Harvard Media Gasbag found irony instead of Mexicans.

One baby step at a time Lou.

[...] “The festering is over, this is a declared war.” (by v at No Quarter) [Thursday] three top Florida Democrats filed suit in Federal Court to force the DNC to seat the delegates from Florida at the National Convention — no compromise, no half-way BS. Steve Geller, the Florida Senate Minority Leader, is an undeclared superdelegate and he is joined in the lawsuit by two other plaintiffs — one is a delegate for Sen. Hillary Clinton and the other a delegate for Sen. Barack Obama. Click through to watch the video of Lou Dobbs interviewing the Florida Democratic Party leader, Steven Geller.  The suit recognizes that the Party has the right to make its own rules on how the Democratic nominee is chosen, but says that it doesn’t have the right to break its own rules in regard to Florida.  In the video, Geller points out that three states were given waivers to the early primary rule, but that Florida and Michigan were not.  It also asserts that the DNC didn’t follow its own procedural due process.  There was supposed to be an investigation before stripping a state of its delegates, but no investigation was done.  The third point was that the DNC told Florida to have a post-primary caucus to decide the delegates, but Florida can’t do that on its own.  It would need pre-clearance from the Justice Department. [...]

[...] “The festering is over, this is a declared war.” (by v at No Quarter) [Thursday] three top Florida Democrats filed suit in Federal Court to force the DNC to seat the delegates from Florida at the National Convention — no compromise, no half-way BS. Steve Geller, the Florida Senate Minority Leader, is an undeclared superdelegate and he is joined in the lawsuit by two other plaintiffs — one is a delegate for Sen. Hillary Clinton and the other a delegate for Sen. Barack Obama. Click through to watch the video of Lou Dobbs interviewing the Florida Democratic Party leader, Steven Geller.  The suit recognizes that the Party has the right to make its own rules on how the Democratic nominee is chosen, but says that it doesn’t have the right to break its own rules in regard to Florida.  In the video, Geller points out that three states were given waivers to the early primary rule, but that Florida and Michigan were not.  It also asserts that the DNC didn’t follow its own procedural due process.  There was supposed to be an investigation before stripping a state of its delegates, but no investigation was done.  The third point was that the DNC told Florida to have a post-primary caucus to decide the delegates, but Florida can’t do that on its own.  It would need pre-clearance from the Justice Department. [...]