Dave Nagle, former congressman and Iowa Democratic Party chair, says Barack Obama’s recommendation to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations at full strength at this month’s Democratic National Convention “can’t be unexpected.” But he believes the national convention needs to reaffirm the calendar that set Iowa first, and not revisit the calendar again “in our lifetime.”

Nagle chaired the Iowa Democratic Party during the 1984 caucus cycle, before serving three terms in Congress. He spoke with Iowa Independent’s John Deeth:

Nagle: It can’t be unanticipated that they decided to seat Michigan and Florida, I think we all knew that was inevitable. But historically, in `84 when the national party had sued me to stop Iowa from being first, ultimately they seated us. Admittedly, they seated us in the back of the hall, but we were in there, even though we weren’t in compliance with their calendar. But the critical thing, I think, is what do they do to prevent this from happening again? I mean, if they say to Michigan and Florida, all is forgiven, you’re back, you’re full members of the party, and by the way, you can go out in four years and try to defy us again, that’ll be fine, then they haven’t solved the problem, they’ve just postponed it

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In case you didn't know about Obama's letter to the Credentials Committee:

http://iowaindependent.com/3373/obama-full...