A collection of quick quotes on Barack Obama’s recommendation to seat the full delegations from calendar cheaters Florida and Michigan:
- Jerome Armstrong of MyDD has a quid pro quo theory: “Obviously, some sort of deal got worked out, Clinton said she would not put her name up for nomination, and Obama agreed to reinstate the Florida and Michigan delegates.”
- “We deeply appreciate and value Senator Obama’s perspective on this important issue,” said the co-chairs of the credentials committee, Alexis Herman, James Roosevelt Jr. and Eliseo Roques-Arroyo, Translation: Yes, sir, Mr. Nominee, sir.
- Karen Thurman, Florida Democratic Party chair, is sticking to the Count Every Vote rhetoric that Florida Democrats emphasized in the months-long battle: “Today is a proud day for all of us who fought so hard to ensure Floridians votes are fully counted.”
- Michigan Senator Carl Levin: “Nyah nyah, nyah nyah nyah.” (OK, I made that one up. But you just know he’s thinking it.)