Howard Dean will not bend the party rules to grandfather in the disputed delegates from Michigan and Florida, the Democratic party chairman said in a statement today.
Instead, he put the state parties on notice: either they can wait and allow the credentials committee to decide whether to seat their delegates, or submit to a re-vote sanctioned under DNC rules. "We look forward to receiving their proposals should they decide to submit new delegate selection plans and will review those plans at that time," he said in the statement.
"Everyone seems to be asking what the DNC will do," a Democrat close to Dean said. "But the question is: what will the state parties do."
Dean's statement implies that he has no intention of changing the rules to accommodate any solution proposed by the candidates or the state parties. There has been some suggestion that the two remaining presidential candidates might try to broker a deal among themselves. His line in the sand narrows the options for Hillary Clinton's campaign because it is unlikely that a credentials committee would endorse a delegation congenial to her mathematical interests.
Dean will make the rounds of the network morning news shows tomorrow to explain his reasoning.
The state parties better act quickly: they have to submit a new plan and run the contest before June 10.
Governor Charlie Crist of Florida previously offered to pay for a new vote, which means he either is convinced that Hillary will be the easier candidate for John McCain to beat, or he just wants to play nice with the opposition. If there's going to be a revote in either state, the state party or the DNC should pay 100% of the cost, and not the taxpayers. It was the Dems own stupid rules that led to this impasse.
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