
Barbara Glassman (center) and Sheila Mahon (left), both of New York City, join others outside of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008., as the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meets inside to consider the two challenges to rules blocking the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Judy Thompson, of Jacksonville, Fla., joins others outside of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., as the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meets to consider the two challenges that have been filed pursuant to Rule 20.B of the 2008 Delegate Selection Rules and Regulation 3 of the Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan, Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Louis R. Medina uses a bullhorn to lead chants, outside the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday May 30, 2008, as the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meets to debate the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Elaine Fenwick, of Bend, Or., makes her opinion known outside the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday May 30, 2008, as the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meets to debate the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
David Donaldson, of Washington D.C., chants "Florida and Michigan" outside of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Marsha Deane, of Alexandria, Va., pumps her fist (left) while David Petrella, of Cleveland, Ohio, waves the American flag outside of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008. The Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee met inside to consider the two challenges that have been filed pursuant to Rule 20.B of the 2008 Delegate Selection Rules and Regulation 3 of the Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Obama supporter La Shanda Jackson of Washington D.C. (center) gets into an emotional debate with Michael Merenstein, of Washington D.C., (right) outside of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., while the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee met inside, Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
The room is packed at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., during the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting to consider the two challenges that have been filed pursuant to Rule 20.B of the 2008 Delegate Selection Rules and Regulation 3 of the Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention, Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Florida State Senator Arthenia Joyner (D-FL) makes a statement to the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee during a meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday May 30, 2008, to consider the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gives his statement to the committee during the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee member Alice Germond questions U.S. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
U.S. Representative Robert Wexler makes his case to the committee during the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee considering the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Committee co-chairs Alexis M. Herman and James Roosevelt, Jr., confer during the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008, to consider the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee member and super delegate Donna Brazile listens to Florida DNC Member Jon Ausman at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Florida DNC Member Jon Ausman is seen on a monitor making his case before the committee during the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, May 30, 2008. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)