Earlier today I posted a diary that complained about the way the Obama campaign treated its prospective California delegates, by arbitrarily cutting as many as three-fourths of those who signed up only days before the vote was to have taken place. There is now breaking news on this.
The Obama campaign has just reversed itself and announced it will reinstate all the prospective delegates it cut, per the AP. Thanks to all those who went to bat for us:
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After purge, Obama campaign reinstates Calif. delegates
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
AP Political Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Barack Obama's campaign will reinstate
hundreds of people to lists of prospective California delegates for
the Democratic National Convention, a surprise turnaround after
widespread complaints over the cuts.
A campaign official said Thursday a letter will be sent to
California Democratic Chairman Art Torres directing it to restore
the dropped names.
The campaigns for Obama and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton used
party rules to purge a raft of potential delegates earlier this
week in a bid to ensure that only their loyalists travel to the
convention in August, where Democrats will anoint a presidential
nominee.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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