Daily Polichicks - Monday

Usually when we think of drama, we think of  the occasional fistfight on MTV's Real World or the catfight between Heidi and LC on The Hills.  But there ain't no drama like the Democrats drama; and this past Saturday, the most dramatic must see reality TV was the coverage of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting. 

The Committee met to decide whether to seat delegates from Florida and Michigan at the DNC convention in August. Remember?  Those are the two naughty states that moved up their primary dates after the DNC told them not to. A big no no that caused the DNC to refuse to seat their delegates at convention. Then all of the Democratic presidential candidates agreed not to campaign in those states, since their primaries weren't going to count anyway. (What self-respecting politician would give a damn about citizens whose votes don't count?) 

As for the results of the not-supposed-to-count primaries? Hillary Clinton "won" both Florida (where no candidates campaigned) and Michigan (where no candidates campaigned and Clinton was the only person on the ballot).  So naturally, she changed her mind and wanted to count the primaries afterall. In response, rival Barack Obama was like, "Woman, are you crazy?!"  And Hillary was like, "Barry, you are sooo sexist!"  And so they fought... and fought... and fought...

The battle between the two campaigns caused, as Niecy from one of our favorite shows Clean House would say, a bunch of "foolishness and mayhem" up in the Democratic party.  Enter the Rules and Bylaws Committee to clean up the mess.  To see how they settled the matter, read your Daily Polichicks. 

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Campaign '08:

The DNC decided to seat the delegations from Florida and Michigan, but in an effort to compromise, gave each delegate only a half vote. (Hillary Clinton's supporters wanted to give the delegations a full vote; Barack Obama's supporters were for no vote.)  Clinton's camaign got mad and reserved their right to contest the decision before the DNC Credentials Committee. [The Washington Post]

Hillary Clinton won the primary in Puerto Rico. By a lot. [The Washington Post]

Hell no! She won't go!  Or will she?  Rumors fly that Hillary Clinton will drop out of the race on Tuesday night. [The Huffington Post]

U.S. News:

Sen. Ted Kennedy was admitted to the hospital at Duke University, where he will undergo surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor.  We send him our well wishes. [The Boston Globe]

World News:

Sad news.  Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent died Sunday in his Paris home. [The New York Times]