Meanwhile, a local Democratic party activist is in federal court, suing the DNC for violating the constitutional rights of a few million Florida voters:

While at first blush, this would appear to be moot, since the DNC is not a government entity, there is a twist - in Florida, the elections are run by the state. And the state is required to abide by the 14th Amendment.

Should be interesting.

Meanwhile, the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party reports growing dissatisfaction among Florida Democrats - and foresees the Dems losing Florida in the general election if this mess continues.

I'm just glad they stopped talking about pissing away my tax money to fix this.

Matt

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you're there, whats the deal, what would satisfy the hoi polloi? Does anyone NOT blame the dnc?

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile....

I'm sure there are those who don't... dunno who though.

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"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Hey--this is Florida. Something we have already witnessed in 2000.

The democrat party made up a simple "butterfly" ballot, approved it, then put in out to the voters. Same ballot type, same machine & something they had done for decades prior with no problems.

All of a sudden, in 2000, their democrat voters could not find the right hole to punch, & if they did, they could not punch all the way through.

Florida should be no surprise to anyone.

I don't. I blame Florida's politicians. Democratic and Republican.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

In another thread about cross-over voting (Rs voting in the D primary to gain later strategic advantage) I commented that there are a lot of things wrong with out electoral system, and this is one of them.

The government doesn't decide how the captain of my volleyball team is selected. The legislature doesn't give a rodent's rumpus about when our scout meetings are held. If the ruling political parties are private entities, then what business is it of the government when/how they conduct what should be their private, internal business? And perhaps more importantly, why is the government paying all the administrative expense for them to conduct the internal matter of candidate selection? Or, if they are Not private entities, then how are we any better than the late USSR, lining up like cattle to endorse the leaders our leaders allow us to endorse?

Government should not dictate the primaries, and/or parties should reimburse the government for the costs of conducting them.

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Today's forecast: Government corruption.

Tomorrow's forecast: 100% chance of more 'politics as usual'

Maybe it's finally time to vote Libertarian