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

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (14044)	8/30/2007 1:47:32 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224722

Great>Hopefuls likely to defy DNC By Donald Lambro, Washington Times August 30, 2007 The top 2008 Democratic presidential candidates will likely campaign for the Jan. 29 Florida primary, and a potential earlier primary in Michigan, in defiance of the party's threat to strip the states of their convention delegates, Democratic strategists said yesterday. The candidates have been quiet about the fight between Florida Democrats and the Democratic National Committee over the DNC's ban on holding any additional primaries before Feb. 5. But Democrats say the contenders have signaled through "back channel" communications that they will probably participate in both contests anyway. "The January 29 Florida primary is going to happen. All of the major candidates from both parties will be on the ballot. Notwithstanding the DNC's rules, everyone is going to be in Florida for a January tan," said Florida Democratic media strategist Ron Sachs, who is close to the state's party leaders and many of the candidates. "Any conversations coming from the Democratic campaigns are best done in back channels, but their expression of dismay about [the DNC's threats] is probably something that has already been happening. Their staff people have probably been in touch with the top party leadership," Mr. Sachs said. In Michigan, which was expected to move its primary to Jan. 15, state Chairman Mark Brewer said he has been getting calls from the candidates' campaign strategists checking on the bill's movement. "Their staffs call me, asking what's going on, what's going to be the date? They wouldn't care about the date if they did not intend to come here and campaign in the primary," Mr. Brewer said. "That's been made clear to me by the campaigns expressing interest in coming to campaign in Michigan, no matter what the date," he said. While the top candidates were tracking the front-loading primary schedule and marking their calendars in advance of their January campaigns, none wanted to get into the crossfire between the DNC and the two states by telegraphing their plans.<