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To: MJ who wrote (238983)	2/16/2008 9:12:38 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 793919

Democrat primaries aren't supposed to be non-binding straw polls. Rule 12 (J) of the delegate selection rules reads: “Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.” Also, Ickes appears to be improvising as he goes along. >>Ickes also argued that delegates from Michigan and Florida, who were stripped of their credentials after each state defied the national party by moving up their primary dates, should be seated at the convention. Clinton won uncontested primaries in both states. Even though Ickes, as a member of the party’s Rules and Bylaws committee, last year voted to punish the Michigan and Florida state leaders by not seating their delegates, he now argued they should be counted at the convention. thehill.com