Jim Blanchard speak

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• Filed under: Gadgets
• Date: May 31,2008

“My momma taught me to play by the rules and respect those rules. My mother taught me, and I’m sure your mother taught you, that when you decide to change the rules, middle of the game, end of the game, that is referred to as cheatin.’” — Donna Brazile to former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard, who was making the case for the Clinton campaign to get 73 delegates out of Michigan with 55 for uncommitted.

“Hillary Clinton played by the rules,” responds Blanchard, He added that, “She even went along with the pledge not to campaign there.” Former Gov. Jim Blanchard, representing Hillary Clinton, told the Democrat’s Rules and Bylaws Committee it needs to reinstate Michigan’s delegation in proportion to which they voted for Clinton in the disallowed Jan. 15 presidential primary.
Governor Blanchard speaks on the behalf of the Clinton campaign and asks the DNC Rules and Bylaws committee to make Michigan’s results count. He states that if Barack Obama is the nominee he will campaign for him, but raises the issues of how do we honor the votes of Michigan. A bi-partisan law was enacted to create a primary on January 15th in Michigan. He states that the candidates who took their names off the ballot voluntarily made a strategic error. He said the pledges that the candidates signed did not give campaigns a good reason to take their names off the ballot, and not all candidates took their names off the ballot. He also stated that the uncomitted slot on the ballot gave voters a choice and their perference was registered, 50% Clinton, 40% uncommitted. He believes that that is how the votes should be allocated

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