: A Timeline of the Florida/Michigan Impasse

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sat May 31, 2008 12:34 PM EDT

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the DNC is set to potentially decide the fate, not to mention the make up, of the Florida and Michigan delegations to the Democratic National Convention, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has a great timeline of events that led to this unprecedented meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee.

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Good background on this.

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#1 - Sat May 31, 2008 12:35 PM EDT

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Why South Carolina and Nevada and not Michigan and Florida? Of the ten states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina and West Virginia) that petitioned the DNC to move ahead of the window's starting point, Michigan was by far the largest (Measuring by electoral votes, Michigan was the only state with more than 10.). Yet, the DNC opted for two smaller states to fill those spots. And that decision, along with Florida and Michigan's defiance of these rules, underscores another of the problems facing the various reform plans that have been proposed. Big states still will not be allowed to go first. And that is why today's meeting is so important. If the sanctions for moving ahead of the window are not upheld, what will hold states back from moving to whatever date they choose in the future (whether reforms are enacted or not)? Michigan certainly wouldn't have gone on January 15 if any of the reform plans (save the one in four chance that Michigan's region in the NASS regional primary plan was chosen to go first) were in place in 2008. The same motivation, therefore, would have been there for lawmakers in Michigan even in a reformed system.

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Timeline of the Mich., Fla. primary scramble	Associated Press	Sat May 31	0
DNC won't give in on Fla., Mich., official warns	The Boston Globe	Sat May 31	0
A history of 'words' on the Michigan primary	The Tribune	Sat May 31	0
Q&A: Michigan and Florida delegates	BBC News	Sat May 31	2
A guide to the Fla. and Mich. delegate debacle	Associated Press	Thu May 29	2

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