Hillary: Let's Change the Rules!

This was bound to happen: Sen. Clinton is reportedly agitating to have delegates from Michigan and Florida seated at the Democratic National Convention. These states were penalized for rightfully defying the party's asinine scheduling rules. The presidential candidates were not to campaign in either state, but lo and behold, Clinton was in Florida a few days ago for a "fundraiser," and here she is in Florida after winning tonight's "beauty contest" holding a victory rally that dare not speak its name. Now that she expects both states to be loyal to her, she wants them fully represented in Denver. Apparently this will be up to the already-seated delegates at the convention, so if a majority votes in Clinton and the two states' favor their delegates will probably be redundant anyway. But if the Democrats go into Denver without a nominee, and Edwards delegates hold a balance of power, they should resist any temptation to be fair to Michigan and Florida. If you're going to be a party stooge, and you're going to make bad rules for yourselves, you may as well have enough honor to abide by them. As for the two states, my advice remains what is was back in the fall: if you feel that way about Sen. Clinton, on the one hand, and about the Democrats, on the other, then put Hillary on your November ballot, and if someone else is the actual Democratic nominee, keep them off or make them collect some signatures to get on. States, not parties, determine election laws. If the politicians in Michigan or Florida had the courage to do something like this, they might set an example for other states.