Prominent Civil Rights Leader & Obama Supporter presses Dean on delegates from MI & FL

[demo dutch]

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"We are deeply concerned about the prospect of a Democratic Party convention fight over the seating of delegates elected in the Michigan and Florida primaries," wrote Mary Frances Berry and Roger Wilkins, making pointed reference to "disenfranchisement of Older Americans, Latinos, and African Americans in Florida during the 2000 election and the subsequent issues of disenfranchisement in Ohio and elsewhere in the 2004 election."

The pressure to recognize Florida and Michigan -- which Clinton won -- has come largely from the Clinton campaign.

But this letter is notable in part because one of its signatories, Wilkins, a former assistant attorney general who was the first black member of the Washington Post editorial board, is a prominent Obama supporter.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Civil_Rights_leaders_press_Dean_on_delegates.html

[sunonmars]

1. This is not about candidates, its about Americans votes mattering

[demo dutch]

3. that's the way it should be!

[jaysunb]

2. They should have thought of this when

the DLC politicians decided to break the rules that everybody had already agreed to. (including them).

I'm also very concerned about this issue, but it needs to be resolved in a way that appoints delegates according to the voters wishes and not the "machine" politicos.