Wednesday, May 28, 2008

It All Comes Down To A DC Hotel Room

By Sam Youngman/The Hill ~ After millions of votes, dozens of debates and 18 months of incessant campaigning, 30 Democrats in a Washington hotel room this Saturday could seal the presidential fates of Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).

The stage is set for a titanic showdown that could reshape the Democratic nomination process.

The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) 30-member Rules and Bylaws Committee will make a momentous decision about the rogue states of Florida and Michigan in the face of relentless argument from the Clinton and Obama campaigns, a media crush and untold public scrutiny.
[The controversy could involve former Oklahoma Governor David Walters. He is the “principal chair” of the Democratic National Convention rules committee, which ultimately will have to ratify a solution to the dilemma.]

Read the entire story at http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-race-down-to-d.c.-hotel-room-2008-05-27.html.

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