Sharpton Threatens the DNC

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 15 February 2008

If things weren't already messy enough in DNC-ville, enter FOX News and that little disagreement between the NAACP and the mighty Rev. From NewsHounds:

In what Alan Colmes described in his scripted introduction as “a surprise twist” on Hannity & Colmes last night (2/14/08), Al Sharpton supposedly issued “a scathing indictment” against the NAACP for its support for recognizing the delegates from Michigan and Florida. As it turned out, Sharpton said he had spoken to NAACP head Julian Bond and that they were on the same page. But the issue of recognizing the delegates remains incendiary and Sharpton did not deny he had threatened to sue and/or picket the Democratic National Committee if he thought the outcome was unfair. I compliment both hosts (yes, Sean Hannity, too) for substantive, relatively non-inflammatory discussions.

Sharpton's real bone is with the DNC: “They put themselves in this position, the DNC. The answer is not to seat the delegates that were selected in what they said would not be a delegate selection process.” But there's a lot at stake - I keep coming back to this, but are we really ready to alienate the entire democratic-voting state of Florida by not seating them when the GOP ticket is held by a moderate Republican?