Reply #12: A couple of questions about what was really going on [View All]

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I am in NC and supported Edwards. I am coming to the conclusion that this entire election cycle (since 2004) has been played at a level that even surprises me. I am working on a longer article and am curious what DUers think was really going on.

After FL and MI were stripped of all delegates, why did they not move to a legal date? Since Clinton was the biggest loser in this -- MI and FL on Super Tuesday would have changed things a lot -- had this been done Chicago-style, much like Obama's first primary?

Why the push to get candidates to withdraw in Michigan? They could have been left like Florida. Who might have gained from that? Could this have been to remove this risk that Obama might finish third behind Edwards, raising questions about the story after Iowa about Obama and Independents/Reagan Democrats/etc. before the SC primary?