As Democratic Party leaders gathered at Washington's Marriot Wardman Park Hotel this afternoon in an attempt to resolve the fight over the disqualified Florida and Michigan primaries, hundreds of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters protested outside to demand the party grant convention delegates according to the votes in the two states.

"We are all a nation together, there are 50 states, not 48," said Constanta Nour-Hinkle, 35, who traveled by train from Reading, Pa. today to attend the rally. "I felt I needed to make my voice hear and I wanted to show solidarity with the 2.3 million voters [in Florida and Michigan] whose voices were not heard."

Mrs. Nour-Hinkle said she would rather vote for Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, than for Mrs. Clinton's rival, Sen. Barack Obama -- echoing the sentiments of many protesters.

"It would be the first time in my life I would vote Republican for president," said Mrs. Nour-Hinkle, 35. "I think Obama is an empty shirt, the same as [President] George W. Bush but only a Democrat."

John Overton, who shouted pro-Clinton slogans outside the hotel, said he would leave the party if Obama receives the Democratic nomination for president.

"I can't stand for the Democratic Party if they don't stand for voters' rights," said Mr. Overton, who traveled from his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., to attend the rally. The party "would no longer exist to me as a party."
The Washington Times Pro-Clinton demonstrators warn of defection to GOP

LOL...the DNC has turned into a house of cards.

Have a good one!:s4:
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