Stumper : Why Florida and Michigan Won t Matter in the End

At 3:15 p.m. this afternoon, Hillary Clinton sent a letter to Barack Obama –and hundreds of reporters–asking that he join her in working with representatives from Florida and Michigan and the Democratic National Committee to arrive at a solution that honors the votes of the millions of people who went to the polls in those disputed primaries. The point? To force her foe to agree that the January votes in the Great Lakes and Sunshine States were legitimate and that their delegates should be apportioned accordingly–which, since she won both contests, would undoubtedly benefit her. Anything less, she implied, would be undemocratic. Seeing as Barack Obama has yet to give Hillary Clinton his answer, I thought I d supply one for him: Why not?

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