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raises the question as to whether those who were voting "uncommitted" understood that they were being used as pawns in a political game that skirted on the edge of FEC rules on what constitutes electioneering. And then we come to those January 2008 cable ads shown on CNN and MSNBC that just happened to overflow into the Florida demographic. You and your campaign knew that this would happen. Instead of standing by your pledge to not campaign in Florida, you chose to break it when you could have avoided

all those Democratic voters and cede the states to the Republicans? To please Obama? Expect to hear a lot of media whining about Senator Clinton's visit to Florida after the polls closed and about her promise to get the delegates seated. Meanwhile, Obama violated the pledge not to campaign in Florida when he made a national ad buy that saturated the Florida market with his 'liberal/conservative America' ad. And that's not the first time Saint Obama violated the rules.

all those Democratic voters and cede the states to the Republicans? To please Obama? Expect to hear a lot of media whining about Senator Clinton's visit to Florida after the polls closed and about her promise to get the delegates seated. Meanwhile, Obama violated the pledge not to campaign in Florida when he made a national ad buy that saturated the Florida market with his 'liberal/conservative America' ad. And that's not the first time Saint Obama violated the rules.

are only 4 million Democrats in the whole state -- people knew that the media was going to look at this no matter what. But I understand the point -- the results are meaningless since no one campaigned in the state. No one except Obama that is, who ran TV ads in the state in violation of the campaign ban (regardless of whether the party allowed it -- you can't hold her to the letter of the law by saying she shouldn't have gone down there tonight and not hold him to the letter of the law as well). I just

The Clinton campaign complained Monday that a national ad buy by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) violates the Democratic candidates’ pledge not to campaign in Florida. “They made the strategic decision to affirmatively make a buy that includes

Net als in Michigan doen de Democraten niet mee aan de voorverkiezingen in Florida, als straf voor het besluit van die staten om tegen de regels en de afspraken in hun primaries te vervroegen. Maar er lijkt nu een scheurtje op te treden in het tot nog toe gesloten front van de Democraten, wat bijna niet anders kan gezien het belang van Florida als op drie na dichtstbevolkte en dus invloedrijke staat wat afgevaardigden en kiesmannen betreft.

Deutch's request to release the candidates from the pledge after South Carolina's primary? Will the Clinton campaign consider the pledge broken and launch their own national cable ads that will air in Florida? Stay tuned. Update: Politico is now reporting this form Clinton campaign spokesperson Mo Elleithee: “We have honored the pledge in every way possible,” Elleithee said. “Now … we’re going to review all the options that are available to us moving forward.”

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