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• Debate: Michigan and Florida delegates in 2008 US elections

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• Statement by Senator Hillary Clinton on the Seating of Delegates at the Democratic National Convention." Hilary for President. January 25th, 2008 - "I hear all the time from people in Florida and Michigan that they want their voices heard in selecting the Democratic nominee.

"I believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support of Democrats in these states to win the general election, and so I will ask my Democratic convention delegates to support seating the delegations from Florida and Michigan. I know not all of my delegates will do so and I fully respect that decision. But I hope to be President of all 50 states and U.S. territories, and that we have all 50 states represented and counted at the Democratic convention.

• "Clinton Says Michigan and Florida Should Count". NPR. March 13, 2008 - "Clinton tells [NPR's Steve] Inskeep that the Michigan and Florida pledged delegates should count because both are seen as key battleground states in the general election."

• Evan Smith. "Hillary: Seat Michigan, Florida Delegates". Texas Monthly. February 22, 2008 - "[...]I think it’s important for the DNC to ask itself, Is this really in the best interest of our eventual nominee? We do not want to be disenfranchising Michigan and Florida. We have to try to carry both of those states. I’d love to carry Texas, but it’s usually not in the electoral calculation for the Democratic nominee. Florida and Michigan are. Therefore, the people of those two states disregarded adamantly the DNC’s decision that they would not seat the delegates. They came out and voted. If they had been influenced by the DNC, despite the fact that there was very little campaigning, if any, they would have stayed home. But they wanted their voices heard. More than 2 million people came out. I mean, it was record turnout for a primary. Florida, in particular, is sensitive to being disenfranchised because of what happened to them in the last elections. I have said that I would ask my delegates to vote to seat."

• Paul Rockwell. "Clinton’s Duplicity on Michigan, Florida Delegatesz". CommonDreams.org. March 3, 2008 - "There are three approaches to the Party debacle, and two of them are faulty.

The first approach makes a big deal about the DNC rules. It goes like this: both states violated the rules, so to hell with them. No Florida or Michigan delegates at the convention. That’s that. Here is a dangerous position. Left out, disgruntled voters in Michigan and Florida may well turn to McCain in November. Democrats have an obligation to end the insider fighting between DNC members and the states’ Democratic party officials."