Flor-igan: A deal -- and disagreement
Posted: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:13 AM by Domenico Montanaro
The
Boston Globe writes, “The Democratic Party … reinstated the delegates from disputed presidential primaries in Michigan and Florida but with only half-votes, a compromise that brought Barack Obama closer to the presidential nomination but left the party facing the prospect of further internal conflict.”
"The Democrats are throwing this election away, and for what? An inadequate black male who would not have been running had it not been a white woman who was running for president?" Harriet Christian, who claimed to be a Clinton volunteer in Ohio and Pennsylvania, “bellowed at reporters after the meeting in a tirade posted on YouTube,” per the
New York Post. "I'm not gonna shut my mouth anymore. I can be called white, but you can't be called black. That's not my America. It's equality for all of us, and it's about time we all stood up for it … I was a second-class citizen before -- now I'm nothing."
“Her complaints came in response to the panel, which opposed Clinton's wishes to count the Michigan primary results - even though she was the only candidate on the ballot. Clearly irate that her candidate's chances to win the election had gone from bad to worse, the Clinton campaign volunteer warned that the Democratic Party would pay the price. ‘They think we won't turn and vote for McCain. Well, I've got news for all of you: McCain will be the next president of the United States,’” she said. The Post’s headline for the story: “Campaign worker’s rant is a disg-race.”