Will the "Texas Two-Step" bite the Texas Democrats in the ass?

A local Hillary Clinton supporter has filed a challenge to Texas delegates elected to attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Fort Worth lawyer Jason Smith sent a credentials challenge to the Democratic National CommitteeÂ’s rules and bylaws panel last week alleging that the makeup of the Texas delegation is invalid.

The Texas Democratic Party allocated its delegates based partly on the results of the March 4 primary and partly on the results of precinct caucuses held statewide that evening.

That arrangement is counter to a DNC rule that delegate selection must "fairly reflect" the presidential preference of primary voters, Smith said.

So tell me -- with Hillary winning at the polls here in Texas, how does awarding the her 94 delegates while the Obamessiah got 99 delegates begin to "fairly reflect" the preferences of the primary voters?

Simply put, it doesn't -- especially given some of the shenanigans pulled by Obama supporters at precinct caucuses and senatorial district conventions. Seems o me the best solution would be to refuse to seat those delegates chosen through the caucus process, and seat only those reflecting the vote on primary day.

And they already have a precedent -- the stripping of delegates from Florida and Michigan over procedural issues.

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