LA Times: Fight or not? Hillary Clinton supporters are split [View All]

[Douglas Carpenter]

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/hillary-clinton.html

snip:"You'll recall that those two states broke party rules by moving their primaries ahead of the dates on the Democrats' schedule. Primary voters in Michigan and Florida were told that their votes would not count, and Democratic candidates did not campaign in either state. In Michigan, Clinton's was the only name on the ballot; the other choice was "uncommitted."

Top adviser Harold Ickes, a member of the rules committee, appeared on CNN's "Late Edition" Sunday and reiterated his threat to take the matter to the party's credentials committee at the convention in August. He and other Clinton backers are upset that the committee allocated 69 of the Michigan votes to their candidate and 59 to Barack Obama, who was not on the ballot. (By their count, Clinton should have gotten 73 delegates and "uncommitted" 55.)

He did acknowledge that after the final three primaries -- today's in Puerto Rico and Tuesday's in South Dakota and Montana -- Obama could be in a position ... "

snip:"But appearing on the same program, one of Clinton's most prominent supporters seemed to back away from a battle. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell started his comments by noting, "I'm not inside the campaign mechanism, but I believe she'll do the right thing for America."

"I don't think we're going to fight this at the convention, because even were we to win it, unless it's going to change enough delegates for Sen. Clinton to get the nomination, then it would be a fight that would have no purpose," he said.

That view was bolstered by an Obama supporter, Sen. Claire McCaskill, who also appeared on CBS. Asked about a fight over credentials, she said: "I think we all want to believe that will not happen. And I think Sen. Clinton will do the right thing."

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