The delegate dispute continues to heat up. On Wednesday, Gov. Crist and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm released a joint statement calling on the national parties to seat their states’ delegates. “It is intolerable that the national political parties have denied the citizens of Michigan and Florida their votes and voices at their respective national conventions,” the statement read. “Today, we each will call upon our respective state and national party chairs to resolve this matter and to ensure that the voters of Michigan and Florida are full participants in the formal selection of their parties’ nominees.” On Thursday, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson chimed in, warning Howard Dean that the DNC is facing the “biggest train wreck you’ve ever seen” if the delegate standoff isn’t resolved. In a letter to Dean, he said that the committee should either accept the results of the Jan. 29 primary in Florida or pay for a redo. Crist agreed, saying on CNN Thursday that “I don’t think you are going to see a do-over primary unless the Democratic National Committee were to pay for it.” Dean’s response: “We can’t afford to do that,” he said on CBS. “That’s not our problem. We need our money to win the presidential race.” Stay tuned; this is likely to get uglier.
