As you may or may not have heard by now, it appears that Hillary Clinton’s campaign may possibly challenge Texas’ primary and caucus rules. The reason for the potential challenge is the lack of clarity in the rules:

Aides to Clinton said earlier this week they were alarmed at the lack of clarity about many of the caucus rules and expressed their concerns on a conference call with Obama’s staff and state party officials. Texas has a two-step voting process, with a primary and then caucuses shortly after the polls close.

Specifically, Clinton aides questioned a provision allowing caucus attendees to vote to move the location if they choose to do so, and whether people who had cast so-called “provisional ballots” in the primary would have their votes counted in the caucus.

They also expressed concern about the automated phone system precinct chairs would use to call in the results of each caucus, saying the party hadn’t yet trained anyone to use the system properly.

Just days before the Texas primary, and yet the rules are not clearly spelled out. This is a disaster waiting to happen, and someone needs to answer for it!

The letter also noted that many of Clinton’s senior campaign advisers in Texas had helped to develop the rules governing the state’s caucus system. A Texas party official also noted that former President Clinton won the state’s caucuses in 1992 and 1996 following the same rules.

I wonder if these advisors who are threatening to challenge the rules intend to take themselves to court?

Exit question: If the rules have been in place since at least 1992 without challenge, how is it possible they still lack clarity?

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Dumb Dems, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics