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Monday, March 17, 2008

Has the clock run out on Florida?

(AP) Florida Democrats have abandoned plans to redo the presidential primary with a mostly mail-in vote.

More importantly, the DNC chairwoman of the Florida appears to have given up on any kind of revote.
Last week, the Florida Democratic Party laid out the only existing way that we can comply with DNC Rules – a statewide revote run by the Party – and asked for input.

Thousands of people responded. We spent the weekend reviewing your messages, and while your reasons vary widely, the consensus is clear: Florida doesn’t want to vote again.

So we won’t.

Wow.

posted by mikevotes at 5:08 PM

6 Comments:

  • And yet Michigan seems to be humming along toward some kind of solution for a re-do.

    There is something terribly weird in the water down there in FL. Very strange politics... maybe there are no Democrats. Just one party, but two sides of the same inbred family? I'm talking politics, not individuals.

    By Blogger -epm, at 7:41 PM  

  • Actually, from what I've heard, no.

    Michigan sort of has a plan but it will not do it unless both sides sign off on it. Complicating things, because Mich didn't count, a large number of Dems voted on the Republican side, and they would not be eligible in a revote. (25% of the GOP primary total.)

    It's hung up right now. It may resolve, but it's definitely not humming along.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:21 PM  

  • Here's a couple links on just two of the problems.

    http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/03/17/two_roadblocks_for_michigan_revote.html

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:39 PM  

  • Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression the MI Dems were leaning toward a caucus, which I assumed wouldn't involve approval from the state senate... as long as tax dollars weren't used.

    Meanwhile, the DNC seems to be taking a hard stance that "the rules are the rules." They don't seem to be (publicly) interested in working some "deal" that is outside the normal workings of DNC committees, etc.

    Personally, I'd like to see some sort of plan that would seat delegates representing all original Dem candidates, not just Obama and Clinton. Let them argue at the convention if or how they'll actually vote.

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:29 PM  

  • These are the people who put the "duh" in Florida.

    I understand why the Obama people don't want this--they're happy with the status quo, just so long as they don't look like the bad guys.

    But what's with the Florida Democrats--even the Clinton ones? Are they just hellbent on getting the best of the DNC?

    Or... is it possible that Clinton DOESN'T really want a re-vote... could her calculus be that she'll do better with Florida as a moral argument than as a small clutch of delegates?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:48 AM  

  • EPM, The DNC's deal was you've got to put something together by June 10. It's just that there are so many factions in each state that finding a doable, balanced answer is nearly impossible.

    ....

    TG, I've never understood what their game was either. My impression was that the Florida leadership leans heavily Clinton, and Crist and the Republicans certainly want the Dem primary to continue.

    And I think you have a very interesting theory there. Conventional wisdom is that both Michigan and Florida would be closer in a revote, and in that case the popular vote difference might be out of reach.

    I may post that theory on the front. I'll certainly credit you if I do.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 7:21 AM  

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