MICHIGAN'S "REDO ELECTION", DO IT RIGHT OR NOT AT ALL

As the contest on the Democratic side of the Presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama becomes more and more heated, Michigan and Florida's disputed delegates and popular votes are becoming crucial to the final outcome. In an effort to correct the utter chaos in Michigan that I explained to you in "Our Out of Control Delegate System" and on my Youtube show with Andre, the DNC is now struggling to find a way out of this mess that is acceptable to both the Clintons and Obama. The price tag we've already paid for our first primary election (that is turning out to have been completely pointless) is around $10 million dollars in a state that is already running budget deficits. Now, everyone is in agreement that we have to have a "redo"(accept the Clintons who are willing to accept any votes, no matter how corrupted) the question becomes how to do it and who pays for it. In this piece I'll go over the options and why I think they are acceptable or not.

The solution being floated right now is to have a mail-in ballot sent only to registered Democrats. I find that solution to be completely unacceptable. The original Primary that we had in Michigan was an "open primary" where Independents and even cross-over Republicans could vote. Whether you agree or disagree with that concept is not the issue. You should not be changing the rules midstream. The dynamics of an election can change the outcome. I also do not trust this form of voting. Look at it this way; Barack is carrying the vast majority of the black vote, so if I want to corrupt the election, all I have to do is make sure that mail coming or going from mostly black housing projects or even predominately black areas gets lost. This can even happen if you have one or two corrupt mail carriers who want to slant it toward Hillary. On top of that, you could have people falsifying the mail-in ballots in other peoples names. This idea get a negative from me.

The next option is a Caucus. While cheaper than a full-blown election (it's also paid for by the DNC instead of the taxpayer), it has the same problem of changing the rules mid-stream. The commonly held belief is that this form of election would benefit Barack Obama as he has done far better than Hillary at all the other state caucuses. While I'm no Hillary fan, this option is still unacceptable to me because I believe it would be unfair to the Clintons. (as much as I hate to say it.)

Another option being floated is the 50/50 option. In this scenario, the delegates are divided equally between Hillary and Obama. Effectively, this is virtually the same as not seating the delegates as far as the race goes because it benefits no one, it just lets the delegates join the party at the convention. Hillary hates this idea as there is no benefit to her in a state where she is sure to pick up at least a few delegates. I would give this option very little chance of passing.

That only leaves us with redoing the open primary or not seating any of the delegates as the DNC stated. Now, the argument against having another primary is that it costs too much money, $10 million at least. $10 million is a lot of money I admit, but when you think about it, it's barely more than it cost Detroit for 1 year of Kwame Kilpatrick, which benefited no one except Kwame. I also have one of my imaginative solutions for the money problem; Since this whole problem was cooked up by Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich) and Debbie Dingle (DNC) and was then introduced by Senator Michelle McManus (R-Mich), supported by Michigan Republicans and then signed by our illustrious Governor Jennifer Granholm, let's have every single politician in Michigan that voted for this mess or promoted it pay for the redo. We could set up a garnishment of their wages until it's all paid off. That makes more sense than having the good people of Michigan pay for their stupidity. Short of that, the only solution is to let the ban on delegates stand and then vote out every one of these bastards for disenfranchising Michiganders out of perhaps the most significant and historic election of our life. H.C.