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Dems Have Unresolved Issues
May 22, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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    The primary season is blessedly almost over, but the Democrats have a number of thorny issues to tackle.  How they settle these issues may determine if they recapture the White House.
     Hillary Clinton has been campaigning in south Florida, calling on the party leadership to recognize delegates in the Sunshine state and Michigan at the national convention. Obviously, it is an uphill battle for the New York Senator.  In the most ideal yet unlikely situation, Clinton would still enter the convention trailing Barack Obama.
    On the surface, Clinton’s position is shaky. The delegates were stripped from the two states for moving up in the order of primaries in violation of party rules. These rules were agreed to by all the candidates, including Hillary Clinton.  A crucial mistake as it turns out.
    But how does the party establishment refuse to recognize the delegates of two key battleground states? Angry Democrats in Florida are comparing Howard Dean to the Supreme Court in the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush.  What a public relations nightmare!
    For all the talk of party unity for the general election campaign, this is more evidence that the Democrats remain fractured.  Florida has literally been at the center of the last two presidential elections. The Democrats can now kiss it goodbye.
    On May 31, the DNC’s rules committee will meet in Washington, DC to settle the dispute. The media spotlight will be bright. No matter what the decision, the Democrats have once again alienated key members of their own party.  In an election year nonetheless. Howard Dean is a genius. 

Tom DiBacco  
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I spent nearly two decades as a journalist with ABC News and CNN in Washington, DC. I was a member of the White House Press Corps, traveling extensively with Presidents’ George Herbert Walker Bush and William Clinton aboard Air Force One. I accompanied Mr. Clinton on his inaugural trip aboard the presidential aircraft in 1993. Moved to Minneapolis in 2006. Currently a PR Exec in the Twin Cities.

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