Obama backers offer compromise

March 15th, 2008 | Category: Florida Politics Blog

Prominent Barack Obama supporters are considering compromise plans to ensure Florida Democrats have a voice in the presidential nomination, even leaving open the door for Hillary Rodham Clinton to win more delegates out of Florida than Obama.

Obama allies had expanded suggested the best Clinton could hope for was a deal to evenly divide Florida’s delegates to the nominating conference. Now, though, Sen. Bill Nelson and key players in Congress and on the Democratic

National Committee are raising the opportunity of allocating a portion of Florida’s delegates based on the results of Florida’s Jan. 29 primary, which could shrink Obama’s overall delegate lead to anywhere from a handful to roughly 20 delegates. Story here.

Michigan will go ahead with a do-over June 3, while Clinton folks meanwhile are threatening to cut off the DNC from Fl checkbooks.

Original post by Adam Smith

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