Florida, Michigan Delegates Shouldn't Decide Race, Pelosi Says [View All]

[RiverStone]

Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Delegates from the disputed Florida and Michigan primaries shouldn't decide who wins the party's presidential nomination, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the chair of the Democratic National Convention.

``I don't think that any states that operated outside the rules of the party can be dispositive of who the nominee is,'' Pelosi said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's ``Political Capital with Al Hunt,'' scheduled to be aired today.

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Pelosi dismissed concerns that uncommitted party officials known as superdelegates would vote against the will of the majority of Democratic voters, and said if they did, that may cause troubles for the party.

``It's not just following the returns; it's also having a respect for what has been said by the people,'' Pelosi said. It would be ``a problem for the party if the verdict would be something different than the public has decided,'' she said.

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Nancy Pelosi's comments bode well for the democratic process. The People must decide our nominee, not party bosses!