tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18747118.post8911491701218942908..comments2023-11-02T05:00:36.315-04:00Comments on Democratic Convention Watch: Michigan District Conventions previewMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126730290750804530noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18747118.post-89772526226091057332008-04-20T09:55:00.000-04:002008-04-20T09:55:00.000-04:00Following is a link that gives an update for the d...Following is a link that gives an update for the delegates chosen at the April 19th Michigan District Conventions:<BR/><BR/>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/04/19/mich_democrats_fill_1st_round_of_national_convention_spots/Grandma Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416420662120106680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18747118.post-76902033350110122652008-04-18T12:17:00.000-04:002008-04-18T12:17:00.000-04:00This is a very difficult process. The non-Clinton...This is a very difficult process. The non-Clinton District Delegates selected will be technically Uncommitted. The party members who elect them will need to sign statements of support for Uncommitted. If they disclose their support of Obama on the statement they won't get to participate in the Uncommitted caucus. There are also some technical problems such as nothing in the rules specifying how the temporary Chair of each Uncommitted caucus will be selected.Dink Singerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138406589320184402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18747118.post-41252193527040985002008-04-18T11:29:00.000-04:002008-04-18T11:29:00.000-04:00The concern about Trojan horse Clinton candidates ...The concern about Trojan horse Clinton candidates pursuing the uncommitted slots in Michigan's conventions this weekend is very real. One such candidate is a member of Clinton's Michigan finance team (profiled in a Detroit paper) and, according to public donation records, is maxed out for both the primaries and the general on her Clinton donations (none to Obama). With a host of committed Obama supporters splitting a vote they presumed would nonetheless go to an Obama supporter and having a single-choice Clinton delegate poach the slot is a potentially effective, if definitely subversive, strategy. It also illustrates the weakness of the argument that the January Michigan vote was a Clinton/Obama choice. It wasn't even a Clinton/Not-Clinton choice. Many of those of us Michiganders who did not vote know full well the lengths the party establishment has gone to manipulate this process in troublesome ways, and it WILL come back to haunt the old guard.jimmymac100https://www.blogger.com/profile/11080462123100336444noreply@blogger.com