So far today, I think think the Rules and Bylaws Committee comes down to this exchange.
ICKES: Fair reflection of uncommitted status stands in the same shoes and is given the same protections and the same rights as a named presidential candidate ... to take those delegates and convert them to Obama...does enormous violence ... Delegates that are put into those [uncommitted] slots are fair game for any candidate who wants to go to persuade them to join his or her ship.
LEVIN: You're calling for a fair reflection of a flawed primary. And what we're trying to do is keep a party together so we can win a critical state in November. You've got two candidates still standing, one of whom was on the ballot, and one of whom wasn't. ... You can't say that a ballot where you have got one candidate named and the other candidate not on the ballot should be reflected.
Here's where I think we're at: Clinton supporters are saying that no effort should be spared to count people who supported Clinton, but no effort should be made to count people in Michigan who supported Barack Obama or John Edwards.
By making this flawed argument, the Clinton operation has given up any claim it may have had to the moral higher ground.
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