You said:
FLA dems had the rules changed for them by a republican legislature and governor. FLA dems did NOT want it changed and tried to block it.
Hmmm. Well, maybe, and maybe not. I'm sure some of the Democratic legislators in Florida voted against the law change.
However, here is a passage from a news story dated June 12, 2007, after the law was passed. (Yes, I know, it is from FoxNews.com, and therefore may not have much credibility here.)
"It would seem that the law to move up the primary, passed by the Republican-led Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, is aimed at benefiting Republicans. But the majority of Florida Democratic legislators supported the earlier date as well and Democrats in the state say with popular GOP Gov. Jeb Bush gone and his president-brother's approval rating wallowing at record lows, opportunity is on the horizon.
"I didn't feel this good six months ago," said Mark Bubriski, spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party, who pointed out the organization was out of debt, is fielding an army of organizers and finally has a statewide voter file to target supporters.
Democrats may also have the state's political mood on their side. The party picked up two Republican U.S. congressional seats and seven state House seats in the 2006 midterm elections. Bubriski said Democrats also won the Hispanic vote — practically unheard of because of the strong Republican-leaning Cuban-American community in Miami — for the first time in 30 years."
Full story here:
foxnews.com |
