Howard Dean praises (Fla. State Sen.) Ted Deutch for Florida delegation seating solution

[Tommy_Carcetti]

From Palm Beach Politics:

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/palm/blog/

In a May 8 letter obtained today by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Dean wrote and praised Deutch, calling the senator’s suggestions “very relevant to resolving this situation” and uniting the Democratic Party behind a single candidate.

The issue of how to seat Florida’s delegates comes to a head on Saturday. That’s when the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee meets in Washington to settle the matter.

Deutch is a Clinton supporter. But he has insisted that his goal is to unite the party, not just to boost Clinton’s candidacy. He has repeatedly argued that the delegate seating solution be based on the Jan. 29 primary, which Clinton handily won.

In his campaigning on the issue, Deutch focused on so-called “Rule 20” of the Democratic National Committee playbook. That rule, which some call “the 50-percent solution,” spells out how a state party should be penalized for advancing its primary (as Florida did) ahead of several traditional early-primary states. Under the rule, a state can be penalized for advancing its primary by losing half its delegates.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looks like this thing may finally be coming to a (fair and democratic) resolution. Thank God.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Except the ones responsible for the fiasco in Florida will get to be delegates.

Rather, my solution would be 50% of the pledged delegates. The unpledged or "super-delegates" would be stripped of their seats and votes.

Those unpledged delegates would be all Democratic Congress members, all DNC state members, all state party members from Florida.

The ones involved in the fiasco would be punished by the DNC and the pledged delegates that are not seated would also vent their anger on those super-delgates.

The pledged delegates could be reduced 50% or their votes be reduced 50%.

[mohc]

2. Actually the rule states exactly that

50% of pledged delegates and no superdelegates. But while we are on the subject, please remember the ones most responsible are in the Florida legislature most of whom are not superdelegates. The superdelegates from FL are at the Federal or DNC members, with a few add ons.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I know that. Still these delegates have influence. If not, the FDP is in a shambles.

DNC Florida Members

Terri Brady, former FDP Chair (1993-1998) and President of Duval Teachers United
Joyce Cusack, State Representative
Karen Thurman, former Congresswoman and FDP Chair
Jon Ausman, Florida Transportation Dept, Transit manager
Mitch Ceasar, Broward County Democratic Party Chair
Allan Katz, Tallahassee City Commissioner, Mayor Pro-Tem, former LA to Congressman Bill Gunter (1972-1974)
Raul Martinez, former Hialeah mayor
Chuck Mohlke, District 25 Democratic Chair
Rudy Parker, Taylor County Commissioner and retired
Diane Glasser, Huffington Post lists her as a died in the wool democrat. The correct spelling should be dyed.
Janee Murphy, Hillsborough County consultant, current FDP Secretary,

Ken Curtis, former Maine super-delegate now lives in Florida, former Maine governor (1967-1975)... don't know why this guy is a super-delegate. Ex-Governors don't qualify as super-delegates on that basis.



Who is this Jeremy Ring that sponsored a similar bill in the Senate. Ring is a Democrat.

[lojasmo]

3. yup. No supers from Mi or Fl

They should have exerted influence to stop the fiascos cooked up in those states.