Reply #26: 1) There is no previous article [View All]

he simply added it the supposed 'revelation' Clintons had admitted their treachery to the top of the article as he states


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The Huffington Post ("Clinton Camp Considering Nuclear Option," see below


2) He doesn't list any likely conspirators only those likely not to go ahead - including Dean.


3) Moreover there has been articles in DU outlining how this kind of move would be impossible

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5337739&mesg_id=5337920
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5362737&mesg_id=5362737


If the fight over whether to count the results in Florida and Michigan makes it to the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton will not have enough pledged votes on the 169-member Credentials Committee to deliver a majority decision in her favor, according to an analysis conducted for Politico.

Her only hope of getting the key committee to vote out a “majority report” supporting her position rests on her ability to persuade an as-yet-undetermined number of the 25 members appointed to the committee by party Chairman Howard Dean to cast votes for her position.

The DNC’s Credentials Committee consists of 144 pledged members (Florida and Michigan are not included) plus the 25 party leaders and elected officials appointed by Dean. The 25 Dean appointees include a mix of Dean loyalists, Obama supporters and at least several individuals who have endorsed Clinton.


The 25 members appointed by Dean are all independent democratic loyalists who only have a secondary committmment to their candidates. They were hand picked by Dean for that reason. Most of them, including those supporting Clinton have a longer history of supporting Dean.

The Rules committee decides nothing, it is the credentials committee that has the initial power and then the entire convention would have to vote on the credential committee report.