RULES ARE RULES FOLKS

Hillary Clinton is pushing the seating of Michigan and Florida “delegation” based upon the vote as it was on their illegal, contrary to the DNC Rules . As it presently stands, neither of the states elected delegates, the ones based upon the presidential preference primary, or the Superdelegates are entitled to vote on the presidential nomination. Once any deal is structured to seat the Michigan and Florida delegations both the elected or voted upon delegates as well as the Superdelegates would come into play. As a consequence, the magic number to get the nomination will change to the 2209 that Clinton is striving for; the game changer that she is looking for to get her the nomination. If she accomplishes what she is striving for, most of the Superdelegates from the two states would probably have allegiances to Clinton; simply because she was instrumental in getting their delegations seated.

Rules are rules folks. The Michigan and Florida state legislature and the democratic party leadership was aware of the rules when they voted to set their respective presidential preference primaries prior to the calendar dates set by the DNC. Nobody can be rewarded for misbehaving and giving the Michigan and Florida delegation the opportunity to sway this nomination would in fact reward them for misbehaving. The most that Michigan and Florida can hope for is the seating of half their delegation based upon some formula associated with the vote in presidential preference primary with no Superdelegates being eligible to vote, as mandated by the DNC Rules 20 C (1) (a).

Secondly, I am firmly convinced that Clinton campaigned in Florida both prior to and on the night of the Florida presidential preference primary; and therefore, she should not be entitled to any delegates under the DNC rules; DNC Rule 20 C (1) (b).

We can’t have one set of rules for forty-eight states plus United States territories and another set of rules for Michigan and Florida. We can’t have one set of rules for every other candidate for the office of president and another set of rules for Hillary Clinton. Changing the rules at the end of the game to win is not what life is all about.

Now that is my two cents worth.

Leonard.