WI: McCain-backing Clinton delegate loses convention seat
4:38 PM
From WisPolitics.com:
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin's administrative committee voted unanimously this afternoon to strip a Racine County woman of her credentials as a Hillary Clinton delegate for the national convention, despite her pleas to keep her seat.Listen to audio from the phone call
Following the vote, Debra Bartoshevich said in a phone call with WisPolitics the result was no surprise to her.
"This was all pre-planned, everyone came in with the notion that they weren't going to listen to my argument," she said.
DPW chair Joe Wineke said afterward that the outcome might have been different if Bartoshevich had admitted she'd made a mistake and added that she signed two different forms stating that she would support the party's nominee in the fall election.
"The bottom line is simple," Wineke said. "She has refused to support the nominee of the Democratic Party, and our state adminstrative committee ... felt that the person that should represent the 1st Congressional District for Hillary Clinton should be someone who backs the nominee -- as Hillary Clinton has requested."
The state party filed a formal complaint with the Democratic National Committee after Bartoshevich publicly stated her support earlier this summer for John McCain in this fall's presidential race. The national party then kicked the issue back to the state party for a vote.
