Don't Reid Too Much Into It

I just got off the phone with the DNC press office (again) to try to get some clarity on remarks Harry Reid reportedly made to a Las Vegas newspaper.

MSNBC carried the following quote by Reid: "...Michigan and Florida delegates are going to be seated. They're going to be a part of the convention. It's a question of whether anything can be worked out to change this prior to the 2,025. They're the ones causing all the problems. No one else did. And so they will be seated. They're big states. They represent 29 million people. We want to make sure their delegates are part of the convention that takes place in Denver."

The perpetually stoic DNC press officer said (imagine a younger Ben Stein's voice) "There are two ways for the delegates to be seated. Have a do over vote. Or through the credentialing committee."

He said he didn't know what newspaper article I was talking about and that nothing at all had changed. And that Reid had attended a meeting that was nothing more than routine.

I write this because I had not seen anyone of Reid's pay grade make such declarative statements about the delegates being seated. Perhaps I read it more optimistically than he said it. For a second there I was actually hopeful something was being done.