JASMYNE CANNICK: Anti-Black attitudes, alleged Democrats, Black political deference, and why I’m still a Democrat.

By Jasmyne A. Cannick

The short and sweet of it is that the Democratic National Committee’s rules and bylaws committee decided to seat all of Florida and Michigan’s delegates at the convention in August.

The catch? They only get a half-vote. This is to penalize them for moving up their primaries. The committee’s ruling gave Clinton 105 pledged delegates from Florida and 69 from Michigan, with a total of 87 votes.


Obama received 67 pledged delegates from Florida and 59 from Michigan, casting a total of 63 votes. The decision keeps Obama’s lead in tact.


Enter angry Clinton supporters who are claiming that the Democratic Party is throwing the election away on an “inadequate Black man” and that if she isn’t the nominee—hello McCain! Can you imagine the fallout if an Obama supporter had been quoted in the media calling Clinton an ‘inadequate woman,’ let alone an ‘inadequate white woman?’ The media would have a field day—no make that week!

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