Reply #36: Some might say that Clinton remaining on the ballot is a campaign tactic [View All]

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as well (she'll get the 'win' and the unseatable delegates but appear that she understands poor Michigan's plight - which I guess is that they shouldn't have to obey the rules b/c they are Michigan...). All Michigan has to do is move it's primary back to Feb 5th or later and they get all their delegates and all the candidates back. (Otherwise stated - obey the rules).


I note that the pledge doesn't say candidates have to take their names off of the ballots of rule-breaking states - so Clinton is not breaking the letter of the pledge - if that's what this is all about. However, candidates standing up (together for the most part) for the DNC rules is healthy for the party. One or two candidates saying "screw the party, I'm in it for me" isn't.


As for the Obama/Clinton-Michigan/Florida-campaigning/fundraising feud, both campaigns are calculating and maneuvering. Anyone who thinks differently is a fool. Both campaigns did a disservice to the pledge on September 9th-10th in their own manner - Obama in talking w/reporters and Clinton in holding a campaign event. Neither campaign is better than the other on that.