Aside from the mess we described here last week for ANY kind of action as regards Florida and Michigan, the Democrats are now willing to add to that a mail-in scheme.
WASHINGTON -(Fox) A consensus began to emerge Sunday that the best way to give Florida’s Democrats a voice in electing a candidate for president lies with the U.S. Postal Service. The Democratic National Committee stripped Florida and Michigan of all their convention delegates – a total of 313 – for holding their primaries too early, making both contests meaningless. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won both states, but no delegates. Her rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, did not appear on Michigan’s ballot.But the disqualification of Florida and Michigan has created a headache for the Democratic party due to the unexpected closeness of the race between Obama and Clinton. Officials from both states are trying to figure out how best to resolve the issue before the national convention in August.
DNC Chairman Howard Dean said a mail-in primary is “actually a very good process.”
Ummm… is this the same group who was complaining not so long ago about the security of voting machines, which experts spent years developing? Amazing what these Democrats will sacrifice to expediency.
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