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  FLA DEMS SAY "NO RE-VOTE"
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Last EditedTX DEM  Mar 06, 2008 11:06pm
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News DateFriday, March 7, 2008 05:05:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionIn Florida, leaders of the both the Clinton and Obama camps agree a re-vote is not going to happen. "A do-over is unworkable, too expensive, unfair and not logistically possible in a state our size this late in the game," said Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. DWS is national co-chair of the Clinton campaign. Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL), state co-chair of the Obama campaign, agreed: "There does not appear to be an appetite for a new election, and there doesn't appear to be any way to pay for it either." Both sides are demanding the DNC seat a full compliment of Florida delegates, but the proposals of how to do this widely diverge. The Clinton campaign say the Florida delegation should reflect the results of the record turnout primary vote on January 29. Others have proposed an even split of delegates between Clinton and Obama, or -- bizarrely -- seating a Florida delegation that is allowed to attend the convention but not vote on the Presidential race. DNC Chair Howard Dean says he supports having a Florida re-vote -- either caucuses or primary -- but the Florida Democrats must find a way on their own to entirely finance it. US Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), a Clinton supporter, disagrees. Nelson said the DNC must either seat the January primary delegates or foot the bill for a new primary if they refuse to do so. "We're coming on the biggest train wreck you've ever seen" if they refuse to seat the Florida delegates, wrote Nelson in a letter to Dean on Thursday.
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