Submitted to a Candid World

Defending the seating of Florida and Michigan’s delegates makes for a good story: “candidate X wants to give Florida and Michigan a vote, but candidate Y hates democracy.”  But, like so many other talking points, it’s more spin than substance.  Although it’s tactically a bad plan to oppose the seating of the delegates – and Obama seems to recognize that – it’s (1) strictly in accordance with the law, and (2) common sense.  If a state refuses to follow the law, it ought not be able to debate the law away later on in the campaign cycle.

Hillary’s plan – seat at least portions of the delegates, claim a moral victory, and keep the bid going – reeks of desperation, divisiveness, and… perhaps something else that begins with “D.”  She’s putting the health of her own bid, and her own need for a positive “spin” story, over the law, over reason, and over the potentially damaging effects of ticking off Florida.  It’s ridiculous, and it has to stop.