Reply #65: A Floridian with ddclue

[Colonel Bat Guano]

I live in Florida. I understand the position of the Florida Dems and the national Dems. I also think ddclue is correct. It would have happened if every Florida Dem voted against it in the legislature.

So...the delegate erasure thing is because the Florida Dems didn't fight hard enough? If two dozen more Florida Dems voted against, it would have been okay?

This is absolute madness. It's insane for someone to have to say that Florida is an important state...especially after 2000, right?

But now the Dem candidates will lay back (some Dem officials were quoted this weekend as saying it's kind of a relief that they won't have to spend time and money in Florida and can concentrate on other areas) through next spring....

....and Republican candidates will be all over, painting the state Red. Literally.

Does that sound like a really good idea?

I get that the state has broken the rules by moving the primary date.

I do not get the idea that in punishing the state, we may wind up losing Florida's electoral votes to the Republicans. That's fucking insane.

This, combined with the California electoral vote thing that may halve their votes, means even the super lame Republican candidate (Rudy, Mitt, Thompson) could have a forty electoral vote advantage over a great Dem (Edwards, Obama, Hillary).

I don't want an insider caucus held at a state fair. I'd kind of like to vote, thanks.

If this isn't solved, FAST, like this month, it'll screw up the whole state.

And like ddclue, I will donate nothing to a national candidate until this is solved.