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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (13723)	8/28/2007 5:16:03 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224705

DNC overreaches on primary issue>DECISION ONLY HURTS FLORIDA'S DEMOCRATS miamiherald.com, Aug. 28, 2007 Memo to the Democratic National Committee: The horse left the barn long before you closed the door. The DNC is in a swivet because Florida's GOP-led Legislature approved holding the state's presidential primary on Jan. 29, before the DNC-approved date of Super Tuesday on Feb. 5. The reasoning was to bring Florida's issues into the presidential campaign early on, forcing presidential candidates to pay attention to state interests. Preventing `chaos'? But a Jan. 29 primary runs afoul of the national parties' rules. So the DNC voted Saturday to refuse to seat Florida's Democratic delegates at the 2008 national convention if the primary isn't moved back. Likewise, the Republican Party could decide not to seat half of Florida's GOP delegates. In taking a hard line toward Florida, the DNC hopes to stop other states from holding even earlier primaries in January, to prevent what one DNC official called ''chaos.'' Guess what? The presidential primary process is in chaos already, with states as far apart as California and Michigan considering primaries in early January. New Hampshire, in return, might then move its primary into December of this year. This is madness. The process of selecting presidential nominees has no basis in common sense now. An overhaul is overdue. At this rate, the presidential nominees could be decided as early as in six months. The DNC wants Florida Democrats to push their primary to after Feb. 5 by calling a caucus, the cost of which would be paid by Democrats. But this would shut out the growing number of absentee voters. The Legislature could solve all this during its upcoming special session by pushing back the primary date to Feb. 5. Barring that sensible course, the DNC should retreat from its demands. It's doing Democratic voters no favors. Switching the Democratic primary from the Jan. 29 election would subtract a huge number of votes on another crucial issue, the property-tax constitutional amendment referendum. Delegate-rich Florida Political conventions hold no suspense these days, what with the presidential nominee chosen months before. What's more, the designated nominee can overrule the DNC and seat Florida's delegation at the convention -- and what candidate would not recognize delegate-rich Florida? The states have sought primary reforms for some eight years now, but the DNC has done little. So for good or ill, the states are acting on their own. With its vote to oust Florida from the convention, the DNC revealed its true status on controlling the party -- it's a paper tiger.<