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March 18, 2008 at 20:42:22

Florida's Democratic Presidential Primary

by Kenneth Briggs Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Florida’s condition could not be worse. In fact remedies are fast disappearing. Initially scheduled along with most others for Feb. 5th, Florida along with Michigan, jumped the gun by holding its Democratic Presidential Primary on Jan. 29th. The results in both states were suspect.

The National Democratic [DNC] Party punished Michigan and Florida by stripping them of all their delegates to the party’s national convention in Denver this summer.

What is virtually untold is that Florida Democrats, for a year now, researched every potential alternative process-from caucuses to county conventions to mail-in elections-but no plan could come anywhere close to being viable in Florida.

The Florida Democratic Party made a detailed case to the DNC but was denied.

The Democratic legislators in Tallahassee tried to set the Florida primary on Feb.5th instead of Jan. 29th, but of course, their proposed amendment to house bill 537 was greeted with laughter and derision from the Republicans who control the state government.

Congresswoman Karen L. Thurman, Chair, Florida Democratic Party, stated “President Clinton or President Obama will make history and lead this nation in a new direction. Let’s remember this as the delegate debate continues. We must stick together as Democrats. The stakes are too high and the opportunities too great”.

And, she added, let me remind you that John McCain endorsed President Bush’s decision to veto expansion of the SCHIP program and promises to privatize Social Security.

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I am a writer and retired college teacher. I taught college courses in Economics and Political Science (I've a Ph.D) and I've written as a free-lancer for various publications. I now write a website and a blog at http://www.roman-empire-america-now.com. I am also active in the local Democratic Party.
Douglas SmythI am a writer and retired college teacher. I taught college courses in Economics and Political Science (I've a Ph.D) and I've written as a free-lancer for various publications. I now write a website and a blog at http://www.roman-empire-america-now.com. I am also active in the local Democratic Party.

Florida's mess

You are saying that the Republicans created this mess so that Democrats would be disenfranchised and therefore disillusioned with their party?

But it was Hillary Clinton who kept her name on the ballot, despite the DNC decision, while Obama and other candidates kept their names off the ballot in deference to the DNC ruling.

The only possible solution, one that would give voice to Florida at the convention, would be to seat an unpledged delegation named jointly by the Clinton and Obama campaigns and the DNC's Florida reps.

The same may go for Michigan, if it can't field a remake of its primary.

by Douglas Smyth (20 articles, 4 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 61 comments) on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 10:04:03 AM

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Kenneth BriggsBorn-03/20/1934, BA Pol. Sci.-U of Washington-1956, MBA-Seattle U-1970, Boeing-Program Control-1957-1971, State of Oregon-Mental Health Division-Deputy Admistrator-1971-1979, llinois Association of Community MH Agencies[IACHMA]-Executive Director-1980-1987, District of Columbia Government-MH Division-Chief MH System Development-1987-1989, Illinois Real Estate-Associate Broker-1989-1995, Ohio-Retired-1995-1999, Florida-Retired- 1999-?Operate an eBay book store, Ajax Books Etcetera, which currentl...

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Florida's mess

Your solution sounds good. Maybe the DNC will buy it or something similar. You have to live in Florida to understand the meanness of the Republicans here.

by Kenneth Briggs (125 articles, 88 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 108 comments) on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 12:36:12 PM