Yes, there will be Democratic news Saturday beyond the fund-raiser that Barack Obama stars in. In Washington, the Democratic National Committee will be considering Florida's perhaps illegal scheduling of the primary election on Jan. 29.
It's been a while since I've seen so much gnashing of the teeth.
Here's a post by Kos on DailyKos that tries, in Markos' infinite wisdom, to cut through the groans of despair.
Earlier, my inbox registered an appeal by the state Democratic Party to back party chair Karen Thurman as she heads to Washington to argue the case for keeping Florida free of sanctions -- such as losing delegates to the national presidential nominating convention next year. Here's the way the Miami Herald summarized it -- more groans: why are we fighting the national party?
Thurman herself broadcast her views by email, and then a further appeal went on DailyKos with a diary posted by the state communications director, Phil Perry. The comments below the diary are truly anguished. If you go into them, don't miss Floridagal's worry that we Dems might be unleashing the Feds on us for an investigation.
This is a very disheartening topic. Politics can be so nasty. And that's why we need to get Republicans out of the majority all over the place and get back to rational legislating and governing. Like good Democrats, right?
Friday, August 24, 2007
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There definitely isn't anything illegal about Florida changing their primary date. It violates DNC rules, but those aren't law. It may, in reality, violate the federal Constitution to attempt to disenfranchise voters because of these elections and I'll wager the DNC will give in rather than allow a lawsuit to go forward because it will almost certainly end in a victory for Florida, which will open up the floodgates for other states to move their primaries up. It would also create a lot of bad will in Florida, which could hurt in the 2008 election, something much more important to the DNC than South Carolina's traditional first-in-the-South status.
I heard on C-Span Sunday morning (uncontradicted) that the Supreme Court has ruled that the political parties can set rules for primary dates. So Kenneth may not be correct in saying "those aren't law." We need to use these 30 days to do something wise and break this nasty deadlock without clashing in court.
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