Credentials Committee

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Below the fold is the run of show for tonight's Convention proceedings.

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I'm on the floor of the Convention, which has been running for about an hour.  The primary functional highlight thus far is the report from the Credentials Committee, which indicated that they are giving full votes to the contested states that were previously given 1/2 votes.  No surprise there.

One of the questions of the evening is whether Ted Kennedy will actually appear as a speaker.  He's in town, agains his doctor's advice, but the last I heard, at least officially, it was not clear if he was going to appear in person or on a video hookup.

Patricia Madrid, the attorney General of New Mexico is currently giving the Platform Committee report.<!--break-->

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Remember -- you can watch the Convention on C-Span!

Gavel coming down NOW!

Update from Matt: And no one in the hall! (that's nothing new)

Also being streamed on CSPAN and at the DNCC. We'll have links shortly.

Credentials and Rules Committee reports coming in the next hour.

3:25 MT: Credentials Committee making their report
Accepted!

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The Credentials Committee gave full voting status to all delegates from Michigan and Florida today, subject to approval by the whole convention tomorrow.

The convention credentials committee voted unanimously to restore the voting privileges at the behest of Barack Obama, the party's presumptive nominee for president. The states were initially stripped of delegates for holding primaries before Feb. 5. The party's rules committee restored the delegates in May, but gave them only half votes.
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Official convention activities really start tomorrow, with the Rules Committee meeting, and the Credentials Committee meeting on Sunday. Both meetings are open to the public.

The Rules Committee will be presented with a proposal from the Obama campaign to establish a special commission to recommend changes to the Democratic Party's rules for delegate selection and presidential primary timing for future presidential cycles.

The 'Democratic Change Commission' will address three issues 1) changes to the opening of the window and pre-window, 2) reducing the number of superdelegates and 3) changes to the caucus system. The goal of the commission will be to ensure that no primary or caucus is held prior to the first Tuesday in March of 2012, with the exception of the approved pre-window states, whose contests would be held during February 2012.

The question of whether the FL and MI delegations should be granted full votes will be discussed at the Credentials Committee.

Sat., 11:30 am

RULES COMMITTEE MEETING

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