Constance L. Lieber

I am growing weary of the Democrats’ dilemma about seating delegates from Florida and Michigan. The two states broke Democratic party rules by scheduling their primaries too early, effectively calling the national committee’s bluff. Who would have thought two states would risk losing having delegates at the convention? As undemocratic as it may appear, the national committee has no other honorable option than to not seat those delegates. If they do seat them after all, the party risks gaining their own reputation as a flip-flopper. Furthermore, any attempt to seat the delegates would be manifestly unfair. Many democrats did not vote in either state, believing their votes would be meaningless. Most critically, Barak Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan. I see the entire hoopla as an attempt to pacify the Clintons and their supporters. An entirely nonsensical exercise, because, according to the various numbers I have heard, Clinton cannot overtake Obama in this manner.