Thursday, March 6, 2008

Florida and Michigan are not equal in blame...

The Democrats in Florida had no control over when the Republican-controled Legislature and governor would set the primary, so it is unreasonable to penalize them for that. Besides, both candidates were on the ballot in Florida, & neither campaigned (although Obama did run ads as part of his "national" advertising campaign, which should have been to his advantage). Maybe all elections might benefit from less campaigning. But it makes no sense to allow the Repubs to disenfranchise the Florida Dems. -- or make us spend $25 M to pay for a do-over.

Maybe Michigan should have to do a do-over primary, but Florida should not -- and the DNC should not allow itself to be backed into that corner by the Florida Repubs -- who will use this against our Party in the general election for that swing state. It's dumb to stand on principle when the Repubs have backed you into quicksand. The legitimacy of any convention nomination that hinges on refusing to seat Florida is going to be in serious question.

Given the proportional allocation of delegates, does this even help HRC that much? If Texas & Ohio are any gauge, it can't be but a handful of delegates difference. Hardly worth the potential down-side in Nov.

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