Obama's Florida Gotcha Moment - Sept 2007, broke pledge in Tampa and promised to do right by Florida

GOTCHA

So Which is it Barack ... Seat them only if it suits you and speak to reporters in Florida when you were not allowed.

Obama broke the Florida pledge in Sept 2007 and then pledged to seat the Florida Delegation at the same time.


http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/30/obama-vows-do-whats-right/?news-breaking

Florida Sept 30th 2007

TAMPA - Barack Obama hinted during a Tampa fundraiser Sunday that if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention, despite national party sanctions prohibiting it.

Obama also appeared to violate a pledge he and the other leading candidates took by holding a brief news conference outside the fundraiser. That was less than a day after the pledge took effect Saturday, and Obama is the first Democratic presidential candidate to visit Florida since then.

But after the fundraiser at the Hyde Park home of Tom and Linda Scarritt, Obama crossed the street to take half a dozen questions from reporters waiting there.

The pledge covers anything referred to in Democratic National Committee rules as "campaigning," and those include "holding news conferences."

According to Sanchez and Tom Scarritt, Obama was asked during the event about making sure Floridians have a role in the nomination, despite the DNC sanctions and the pledge. Scarritt said Obama responded that he'll "do what's right by Florida voters."

if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation.


If hes the presumptive nominee it will make no difference if they are seated or not except to party platform stuff.

I may be wrong but presumptive nominee is not a destinction Hillary is making.

I'm sure MI & FL will be seated in August and the delegates will go for the nominee, the way the delegates always do.

He already apologized for the press conference, something you'll never find Hillary doing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/15/obama-clinton-duel-over-_n_81700.html

"if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention"

rough translation, if its a brokered convention, then they are of no use to him.