Rep. Robert Wexler (FL) @ Rules and Bylaws Committee /Part 1

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12:02 p.m: Wexler is yelling. "We must find a way...to resolve this situation so that Florida may participate in this historic nominating process that will soon come to a close." ... Says the rules provide for a reduction in the NUMBER of pledged delegates... Wexler announces Obama campaign's support for Ausman petition... -- says it would award Clinton a net 19 delegates... "Sen. Obama should be commended for his willingness to offer this extraordinary concession.... " 11:58 :Wexler acknowledges that the election was held without a compliant delegate election plan; "both Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton pledged not to campaign in Florida and both agreed at the time that the primary would not count. This contest was not a normal primary election." Argues that Obama's decision to follow the rules. Wexler notes said that the RBC told the campaigns that the process was non-binding; addresses a "canard;" this is "completely untrue." Wexler downplays the Obama campaign's roll in pushing against a new Florida primary. http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/rbc_meeting_live_wire_two.php RBC member Alice Huffman asks why a full delegate seating would be tantamount to be disunity. Wexler: "Respectfuly, I wish you had asked this question last year." Huffman says she couldn't have envisioned the future Wexler declares that no one supports voters rights more than he does. Harold Ickes then asks Wexler why he thinks Obama has conceded anything. Wexler: "What we are saying is that up to the number 19, which is the maximum amount allowable under the Ausman petition and your rules, we the Obama campaign ... have agreed to a concession..." He notes that "In the state of Ohio and the state of Pennsylvania together, Sen. Clinton won a total of 19 delegates.." (He means NET delegates)... http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/rbc_meeting_live_wire_3_clinto.php As the DNC prepares to decide the fates of the Florida and Michigan delegations...it turns out that while the Florida primary turnout was high relative to past primaries within the state, the relative Democratic turnout vs. the Republican primary lagged way behind relative party turnout in other primaries and caucuses across the country, where the voting counted from the start. And in Michigan in particular, the voting level there was simply abysmal. This suggests the possibility that far more Democratic voters would have come out in both states if they'd expected the contests to count, meaning that it's hard to argue that the primaries that actually took place really reflected the will of the people...Democratic primaries and caucuses have had proportionately much higher turnout than Republican contests...In a year when Democratic primaries had disproportionately high turnout compared to the GOP, it tells us something if a particular state's Dem contest was disproportionately low...two particular states were behind the Kerry baseline by a serious margin: Florida, where relative Democratic turnout was a few points behind Kerry's vote percentage -- and Michigan, where relative Dem turnout lagged behind Kerry's vote by a whopping 11 points. It makes sense that Michigan would suffer more from this problem, as Barack Obama and John Edwards had both taken their names off the ballot in recognition that the state wouldn't count, while Clinton kept her name in the race. As a result, many Obama and Edwards supporters would have failed to show up just to vote "Uncommitted" in a race that they were told wouldn't matter under the rules, and even some Clinton supporters wouldn't have viewed it as worth the time and effort. Indeed, the Michigan turnout wasn't even halfway decent by the standards of state-level Michigan primaries. The 2002 primary for governor saw over 400,000 more people turn out than this year's presidential primary, and the second and third-place finishers had almost as many votes combined as this year's presidential race had in total...if these two states had held recognized contests with turnout in line with the best-fit curve for the other states, it seems likely that many more voters would have turned out -- possibly as many as one million in Florida, and over half a million in Michigan -- and we simply can't know how those people would have voted. These simple facts render both contests, especially Michigan, seriously dubious as actual measurements of the will of each state's electorate. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/primaries.php

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stuffem1 (Tuesday 2nd of September 2008 03:44:27 PM)
Wexler doesn't even live in the state he represents yet the Jewish mafia which runs Palm Beach keeps him in power.
steve4sane (Wednesday 20th of August 2008 03:10:35 PM)
Ha ha ha Mac13, get some pills...your phony messiah is going down. He is in a free fall. Real Americans are discovering the truth regarding the Indoesian puppet. Barry Soetoro. McCain up by 5 points...Soetoro/Obama slipped 11 pts since he went prancing around his rainbow tour of Europe. Ha ha ahahahahahahahaha
steve4sane (Friday 15th of August 2008 03:43:35 PM)
Poor, poor Punk Mac-13. He got punked by the One. Barry Soetoro can't even get ahead of McCain. Lastest Gallup Polls, McCain tied with Barry Soetor. Punked, Mac-13 got punked and he still likes it. Core Dems will bring the false one down. I guess the church you belong to is on the South side, Fr. Flipping nut case Pfelger. You Kooks will be the only ones to vote for Soetor if he is nominated. OBAMANATION #1 on the NYT. HA HAH AHAH AHAHAHa! Poor loser, go back to that cesspool, Chicago!
macanazo13 (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 04:48:14 PM)
please do look like idiots at the convention. that kind of action will only mobilize us even more. the tide is coming steve4ignorance and youre gonna be washed up. oh and you fucks are salty because the bitch didnt get anywhere near vp. she isnt going to be anything except for a senator for the rest of her life. so please do give mccain your vote, making it a total of 20 some odd people voting for him. all of them are retarded hillary supporters cuz not even republicans want his ass. hahahaahaha
macanazo13 (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 04:36:51 PM)
i laugh at you. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhahhahahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahhaahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahhahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhahahahahhhahahaahaaahhahahahahahhahahahahahhaahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahaahhahahahaha. steve your dumb. haha
steve4sane (Friday 22nd of August 2008 03:25:00 PM)
Poor poor OBOT! You going need some Kool-aid before you have a breakdown. Soetoro down in the polls. Lastest polls show that Clinton Core Dems, 25% will not vote for the phony One. He has lost 12pts of youth voters. Repbulican Attack machine is just getting started. HA HA HAH HA. Legal challenged filed in Philadelphia fed. Court, eligibility for POTUS. The Indoesian?Kenyan-Canadian?? Pass me the popcorn..HAHAHA And than there is still Larry Sinclair! Plus Nick Corbin, !
macanazo13 (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 04:35:45 PM)
steve thinks he know something. i laugh at his stupid hick face then spit on it. steve you should stop while you still can. youre not a true dem your a hillary supporter which have a party all their own. the lying cheating idiots of the world. youre scum.
macanazo13 (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 04:30:25 PM)
steve your a fucking idiot. why do you call him the one? thats stupid. especially since your trying to paint him as a nobody. core dems. please. what you call true core dems are fucking hick redneck trailerfolk and stupid feminists. please go ahead and vote for that flip flopping fuck. i doubt you even know what he stands for. he doesnt. yes i will be there with obama. as will the majority, yes you dumb fucking idiot, THE MAJORTIY. so please go ahead and ostricize yourself further dumbass.
steve4sane (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 03:39:19 PM)
Poor Mac-13, Attends the Trinity of Hell. Name Rev Manning calls it. You must hate your country and its Democractic principles. Yes, we Core Dems will bring down the false ONE. We will vote for Mr. McCain, our new leader, who served his country in Vietnam and will serve honorably as our new leader. Than in 2012, will will put into the W/H the true Democrat, Hillary Clinton. Barry Soetoro, he can go back hanging with hate America posse and Mac13 will be there with him. Ha HA HA ha.
macanazo13 (Tuesday 12th of August 2008 04:33:46 PM)
i attend a catholic church you dumb skoal chewing cousin fucking retard. i love my country and all it stands for. but you, you are not country. you havent the slightest idea what country is. i actually served in the reserve you dumb piece of shit. what have you done for your country except spew your ignorance. no one wants hilliary in the white house with her horny husband. the numbers dont lie. go to hell steve for dumbasses. i hope you dont vote for obama. we dont need your type in OUR system.