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Hillary Clinton's Power-Play Continues: Campaigning in Florida |
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
The Associated Press is reporting that Hillary Clinton will defy party regulations and campaign in Florida before the Democratic party primaries are held. Just like the situation in Michigan previously, the national Democratic party is attempting to invalidate Florida's election results in order to prevent states from setting new primary schedules arbitrarily. Originally, all candidates had agreed to not campaign in these states, and so implied that they would support the national party's decision to uninvite the states' delegates. Hillary Clinton was fine with the Democratic Party rules regarding Florida, until about eight or nine hours ago.
Although Hillary has a nice lead in "super-delegates," she lost big in South Carolina and she needs something that will help her build momentum going into Super Tuesday. Is this an act of desperation? Hillary has a nice lead when all the delegates are considered, but a big loss on Super Tuesday could effectively knock her campaign behind Obama. For the first time, the real possibility of defeat exists, and there's no contest between now and the biggest deciding day. Clinton will be personally appearing in Florida during the primary process - she's hoping to win again, uncontested. Did the strategy work in Michigan, or have her Machiavellian tactics backfired and propelled Obama to his latest victory? Time will tell if the delegates from Michigan and Florida are seated at the national nomination convention, but I doubt the national party wants to alienate core supporters in those two crucial general election states.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 April 2008 )
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