Well, think again. The Barack Obama campaign replaced some of the delegates with their own supporters, and they didn’t do it politely. Obama’s finance chair, Kirk Wagar, sent obscenity-filled e-mails attacking fellow Democrats and their sitting Senator, Bill Nelson, over attempted changes to the delegate appointments:
So much for party unity: As Florida Dems prepare for Saturday’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner aimed at bringing the party “together once and for all,” a spat over the Obama campaign’s decision to replace some already-designated Florida delegates with Obama backers has intensified.
And how. DNC member Jon Ausman late Thursday e-mailed Dems (and reporters) choice sections of what he says were e-mails from Obama’s Florida finance chair Kirk Wagar — in which Wagar curses Ausman out and criticizes Sen. Bill Nelson and party director Leonard Joseph.
The highlights: “You (Jon Ausman) f&^%ed us. We are dealing with it. You need to accept the fact that you f*&^ed us.”
And of Nelson: “I am getting very sick of (Senator) Nelson making a bad situation worse.”
Why does the Obama campaign need to replace already-selected Florida delegates? The DNC made the decision to accept Florida’s voting results. The Michigan delegation got changed, but that shouldn’t have affected the Florida delegates at all. Did the Obama campaign decide to overrule the DNC and the Rules committee?
Regardless of the specifics of that situation, clearly the Obama campaign has a maturity issue. This isn’t a low-level flunky, but the man in charge of their fundraising in a key battleground state. Wagar apparently can’t handle himself in a professional manner when dealing with his fellow Democrats. What does that say about Team Obama and its ability to morph into a governing team and its pledge to bring a different tone to Washington?
Obama’s campaign seems riddled with poor selections and questionable activity. At some point, even the Democrats have to wonder what they’ve unleashed. In Florida, they may have found out.
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