- : Chicago,IL
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- : civil libertarian, environmental,
- : Independent
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dembillc,
I understand your advocating for your candidate by constantly bringing up MI and FL. The point is that neither candidate is responsible for "disenfranchisement". The state dem parties are.
If any re vote or other means of allowing FL and MI to have a determinative vote at this stage in the is allowed, the entire process is meaningless. Allowing a re vote would reinforce the idea that there is no penalty for ignoring the rules, instead, break the rules and you will be rewarded by having more influence in the final determination.
In the next election every state would jump to the front of the line because there would be no downside. (I know in my home state IL, many are upset about IA and NH always going first) We would end up with a one day national primary. If that is what we truly want, then the national dem party should take up the idea for next time.
This time however, the delegates should be seated, split 50/50, and told to go back to their home states and explain to their voters that the way to get fair treatment by the national party is to play by the national party's rules.
Posted at March 27, 2008 3:27 PM in response to Poll: Plurality Of Dems Says Victory Delivered By Super-Delegates "Not Legitimate"
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None of this is the point. The only ones responsible for "disenfranchising" voters are the state parties that voted for moving up primaries, against stated national party. ANY re vote or other legitimization of this will destroy the entire process. If you let the parties who broke the rules now have a weighted decision on the eventual outcome,and therefore rewarding them, every other state in the union will jump to the front of the line in the next election. (I know my home state of Illinois is always upset that IA and NH go first) You will have a one day national primary. If this is what we want, then we need to get the national dem party to vote for it before the next time. Otherwise, seat the delegates, split the votes 50/50, and tell everyone they have to play by the rules as agreed to.
Posted at March 27, 2008 2:58 PM in response to Poll: Plurality Of Dems Says Victory Delivered By Super-Delegates "Not Legitimate"
