New York Times Reports Advisers Ready To Take “Potentially Incendiary Steps To Build Up Mrs. Clinton’s Count”

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Obama’s Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign By Adam Nagourney – New York Times

Out for Themselves by Ezra Klein – American Prospect

Ezra Klein pulled this quote from today’s New York Times article:

With every delegate precious, Mrs. Clinton’s advisers also made it clear that they were prepared to take a number of

potentially incendiary steps to build up Mrs. Clinton’s count. Top among these, her aides said, is pressing for Democrats to seat the disputed delegations from Florida and Michigan, who held their primaries in January in defiance of Democratic Party rules.

Klein’s analysis that this represents " . .  gross ruthlessness on the part of Clinton’s campaign,"