skippy the bush kangaroo

Sunday, August 26, 2007

florida can't and doesn't count

in an effort to not front-load the primary process, the dnc has voted to strip florida of its delegates to the 2008 convention, unless the state delays its primary by at least a week. washpost:

the democratic national committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party leaders and cracking down on florida for scheduling a jan. 29 presidential primary.

the dnc's rules and bylaws committee, which enforces party rules, voted yesterday morning to strip florida of all its delegates to the 2008 democratic national convention in denver -- the harshest penalty at its disposal…

by making an object lesson of florida, democrats hope to squelch other states' efforts to move their voting earlier, which have created chaos in the primary structure that the national party has established. but the decision to sanction such a pivotal, vote-rich state has risks.
for instance, there could be a boycott of orange juice at the convention. and no alligators, either.

considering how clearly and easily the vote count went in florida the last two elections, it should come as no surprise that the national dems don't want florida's results to lead so early in the primary process.

in related news, georgia has decided to move its primary up to tomorrow, and missouri has elected to go back in time and have its primary last fourth of july.

Labels: ,

posted by skippy at 7:19 AM |

3 Comments:

I sitll don't get it but I have an overwhelming feeling that the RNC is well on its way to stealing the '08 election and that's why Karl Rove left...to help preserve his permanent Nazi, I mean "Republican" majority.
commented by Blogger PoliShifter, 3:40 PM PDT  
If Florida plans to use DRM voting machines in the primary they ought to be treated as a bloody straw poll. It's not like the people would be represented anyhow.
commented by Anonymous whig, 5:45 PM PDT  
Aw, come on... if Florida has their primary before any other state, they might get done finding all the lost votes and doing all the obligatory recounts by the time the convention comes around! :-)
commented by Anonymous See The Big Picture, 8:10 AM PDT  

Add a comment