Reply #9: They did not even apply for early status [View All]

[democrattotheend]

They had an opportunity to submit state plans to be considered for early status and did not. They instead chose to ignore the rules, banking on the assumption that we'd have a nominee going into the convention, and the nominee would ask the party to seat them. They took a gamble and lost.

That's not to say that the party should not find some way to give representation to the voters in those states, but counting the current results would be completely unfair, particularly in Michigan, where Obama was not even on the ballot. The only reason Clinton kept her name on the ballot is because Granholm, an early Clinton supporter, moved the primary up to benefit her.