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Thread #110071 Message #2307634
Posted By: Genie
05-Apr-08 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: FLA Delegation Will Be Seated at DNC
Subject: RE: BS: FLA Delegation Will Be Seated at DNC
Can we please stop with the ad hominems and reach for the good M&Ms?
OK, Back to topic.
[[[I still maintain the Florida delegation being seated is both newsworthy and good news for Clinton. If people disagree with it, that's fine. ... Saying that "Obama would still be ahead" is factually wrong. So, what would you say about the posters who claimed that?]]
I'd say we're right. Clinton would reduce Obama's ca. 150 point lead by 38 delegates if Florida were seated an delegates allotted according to the primary results* and she would reduce it by about 28 (don't have the exact figures at my fingertips) if Hillary were given the Michigan delegates she "won" and the Uncommitted votes were counted for Obama.
If those Michigan votes for "Uncommitted" were split evenly between the two - probably overly generous to Hillary, since her name was on the ballot and there was no way for anyone to vote for anyone else except Kucinich - Clinton would still be behind in delegates.