Meet Me In Denver?
21 May 2008 4:01 pm by Taylor Marsh
Guest post by Grey
Release on DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting:
DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee to Meet Saturday, May 31st WASHINGTON – The Democratic National Committee’s Rules & Bylaws Committee will meet on Saturday May 31, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Rules and Bylaws Committee will consider the two challenges that have been filed pursuant to Rule 20.B of the 2008 Delegate Selection Rules and Regulation 3 of the Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan.
Pursuant to Section 3.4(N) of the Committee’s Regulations, each challenger will be entitled to present an Oral Argument before the RBC prior to Committee consideration for a period of 15 minutes each. A representative from each state party and from each presidential campaign will also have an opportunity to address the committee regarding each of the challenges. Oral arguments from the parties will be heard during the committee’s morning session. Following a lunch break, committee members will consider and debate the challenges.
What: DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting
When: May 31, 2008 – 9:30 AM
Morning Session: Oral Arguments
Afternoon Session: Consideration and Debate
Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel – Salon I
In Boca Raton today, Sen. Clinton said that she would take the fight to seat the Michigan and Florida delegations all the way to the convention floor if voters from those two states asked her to do so:
Asked whether she would support the states if they appeal an unfavorable rules committee decision to the convention floor, the former first lady replied: “Yes I will. I will, because I feel very strongly about this.”
“I will consult with Floridians and the voters in Michigan because it’s really their voices that are being ignored and their votes that are being discounted, and I’ll support whatever the elected officials and the voters in those two states want to do.”
This is not an abstract position, nor is it about mathematics or rules: this is a matter of principles. The DNC and the Obama campaign are officially on notice.
