Florida and Michigan

Today the DNC’s rules and bylaws committee officially decided what to do about the votes in Florida and Michigan. All the delegates from both states have been reinstated, but they only get half a vote each to penalize them for having their primaries early.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dems1-2008jun01,0,3943793.story
I think, overall, this is a great compromise. It is much better [...]

Oranges, Cars, and Superdelegates

It is pretty shocking just how close Tuesday’s results show this race to be.  Obama’s net lead over Hillary went down by approximately 4 delegates, 4 delegates which the Obama camp quickly countered by announcing 4 new superdelegate endorsements.  After the results on Tuesday there actually are a few things we can say with certainty [...]

Spring E-Board Elections

At Wednesday’s meeting the club held Executive Board elections.
The new club officers are:

President: Frank Sciremammano
Vice President: Caity Carter
Treasurer: Ryan O’Hearn
Secretary:Kelly Scheuer

Congratulations to everyone who was elected or re-elected last night.
Having served on the club’s e-board since the beginning of the club in 2004 it definitely seems as if this year’s eboard is more prepared and [...]