If anybody can tell where she really stands on Florida’s delegates let us know. Though she voluntarily boycotted FL’s primary, her campaign says either delegates should be allocated based on 1/29 - which ain’t gonna happen - or there should be a do-over election. But though many of her key supporters oppose the only proposal on the table, a vote by mail election. Campaign manager Maggie Williams fired off a memo on this to the Obama campaign, which seems to make nothing clear except that she opposes caucuses in Michigan.
Here’s Hillary Clinton this morning at a Hispanic Chamber event in DC: “If you are a voter from Florida or Michigan, you know that we should count your vote. The nearly two and a half million Americans in those two states who participated in the primary elections are in danger of being excluded from our democratic process and I think that’s wrong. The results of those primaries were fair and they should be honored. … In my view there are two options. Honor the results or hold new primary elections. I don’t see any other solutions that are fair and honor the commitment that two and a half million voters made in the Democratic primaries in those two states."
Here’s Maggie Williams’ letter:
Dear David:
The 2008 primary campaign has been a spirited contest that has resulted in record voter turnout. Both of our candidates can proudly boast of bringing new people into the process and energizing our Democratic Party.
With the campaign now entering the final phase of the nominating contest, it is vital that both of our campaigns come together to ensure that the delegations from Floridaand Michiganbe seated to reflect the will of the voters.
In Floridaand Michigan, nearly 2.5 million Americans made their voices heard and participated in primary elections. We think the results of those primaries were fair and should be honored.
Over the last few weeks, there has been much discussion about how to ensure that the Floridaand Michigan delegations are seated. We think there are two options: Either honor the results or hold new primary elections.
To that end, we are in active consultation with all of our supporters in Florida, including Members of Congress. In Michigan, we are in active consultation with the committee appointed by Governor Granholm.
We hope that your campaign will join us in our efforts to ensure that these votes are counted.
Sincerely,
Maggie Williams
Campaign Manager











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