DNC Plans to Seat Florida Delegates

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said today that he plans to seat--in some way, shape, or form--the delegates from Florida at the party's convention in August. But here's the tricky part: both Hillary and Barack both have to agree to it.

Dean announced this after he had met with Florida Democratic officials, but neither the representatives from Clinton or Obama campaigns were present at this meeting.

This is surely an attempt by the DNC to put the primary season behind them and look forward to starting to campaign in this incredibly important battleground state in the fall. No hard feelings, right Florida?

Dean expects to meet with lawmakers and officials in Michigan soon to try and reach a compromise there as well.

There have been many proposals and suggestions as to how these delegates should be seated at the convention so both candidates will be satisfied. The best one I've heard so far is from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), who happens to be a Clinton supporter.

He suggested that the DNC seat the delegates already selected, but give them each half of a vote. That way, Clinton's net gain of pledged delegates will be 20 instead of 38, but all the delegates will still go the convention, and everything will be just peachy.

It will be interesting to see how Clinton and Obama react to Dean's offer and to the many suggestions that have already been made to end this fiasco.