The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Saturday, August 25, 2007
DNC: Florida Primary Won't Count
Well, if you had to rack your brains to think of a way to possibly take the State of Florida out of play for the Defeatocrats for the 2008 Presidential race, you might be hard pressed to come up with a better plan than the Democrat National Committee has already put into play--particularly if the rumors of Castro's death are true--because Democrats are highly unlikely to support Cuba leaving the Marxist fold:
In any case a lot of damage has undoubtedly already been done: Florida Dems are probably already livid at the National party, and it won't make cooperation during next year's Presidential race any smoother. In fact, the DNC may have drawn a line in the sand that they cannot afford to enforce if they want the White House in 2008. This one should be fun to watch.
It would certainly be justified if Florida stands its ground chooses not to back down--a State has a right to hold its primary whenever it wants--this is a State by State decision; but the thought of the DNC purposefully disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of Florida voters is almost too delicious to comprehend. Will Jackson and Sharpton be marching in the streets chanting "No justice, no peace"? Will the Florida State Supreme Court get involved. Will the US Supreme Court. What better way to remind the country about how the Democrats tried to steal the 2000 Election.The Democratic Party has taken a swipe at the nation's fourth biggest state, stripping Florida of all of its '08 delegates as punishment for jumping the gun with its Jan. 29 primary. Florida's early date could force other states to move up and up to stay at the front of the pack.
Florida officials complained that the DNC was going to "disenfranchise voters," as it says on the state party's home page. The DNC pushed back strongly against that contention, since it has rules that Florida decided not to follow.
Under a nearly unanimous vote taken moments ago by a powerful committee of the Democratic National Committee, if things don’t change, Florida’s primary will be a "beauty contest" — the delegates won’t count toward the party’s presidential nomination.
This is the party’s way of trying to stop the crazy domino effect of states moving their nominating contests earlier and earlier, which causes OTHER states to go earlier and earlier.
The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted nearly unanimously that Florida’s plan is noncompliant with party rules, and gave the state 30 days to fix it. Otherwise, the state will lose 100 percent of its delegates.
In any case a lot of damage has undoubtedly already been done: Florida Dems are probably already livid at the National party, and it won't make cooperation during next year's Presidential race any smoother. In fact, the DNC may have drawn a line in the sand that they cannot afford to enforce if they want the White House in 2008. This one should be fun to watch.
Labels: 2008 Congressional Races, 2008 Presidential Race, Democrat, Democrat Sabotage
