Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Now what?

Last night's results have truly made an interesting mess of things for the Democrats. Not only will the race continue on to Pennsylvania, but unless Obama wins the Keystone state I would expect that this race plays out through the end of the "scheduled" season in Puerto Rico.

Of course that leaves the issue of what to do about Florida and Michigan. As you all know I have been working the idea of a revote for the last couple of months, and it would now seem that the rest of the world is starting to catch on to the idea. However, it is crucial that this be held and run by the party and not by the state apparatus. The reason for this is that the state process would be at the mercy of Republican control and would give them the opportunity to also highlight the fact that the Democrats just cost the state 10 million dollars that the state of Florida doesn't have.

Clear results in Florida and Michigan would lend legitimacy to either campaign that prevailed in that Obama could add huge important swing states and Hillary could make her argument that she wins where she thinks it counts.

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