Top Hillary Supporter Bill Nelson To DNC: Time For A Florida Revote
This is interesting: Although the Clinton camp's official position is that they oppose a revote in Florida, a top Hillary supporter in the state just expressed support for the idea and confirmed he's pressuring the DNC to pay for it.
Senator Bill Nelson, on MSNBC a few moments ago, said:
"The Democrats in Florida want their votes counted under the principle of one person, one vote. And we're a little sensitive about our votes not being counted. And so, if the only way to do that is to do it over, then I would support that."
Nelson -- who'd previously said the original Jan. 29 primary was sufficient -- said he's opposed to the idea of Florida taxpayers picking up the tab for a new election. But interestingly, he revealed that he was pressing DNC chair Howard Dean to stage and pay for the revote:
"I have written to Howard Dean today to say, if you're not going to seat the Florida delegation, then pay for another election, and let's get the party unified, and let's get Florida and Michigan seated," Nelson said, adding that if the DNC doesn't get this resolved it faces a “train wreck.”
Party insiders take Nelson's declaration as a sign that the Hillary campaign is moving towards tacit -- and perhaps overt -- support for the idea, and perhaps is floating it through surrogates.
Separately, on the conference call today, Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson for the first time signaled an openness for a revote, though he didn't go nearly as far as Nelson did.
Late Update: Here's the video:
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