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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:29 PM
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Poll question: Whither Florida and its delegates?
Some new group has a poll out saying that 30% of Florida Dem primary voters say they wont vote for a Dem in November if they have no say in national convention delegates.

Where does everyone stand on the issue?

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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:31 PM
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1. they broke the rules period and should not be sitted
I am from Florida and I hate how they are always hurting the election process.
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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:33 PM
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4. It is kind of wild how Florida is playing such a big role again
just 8 years later.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:52 PM
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10. In 2000 someone said "Dear Spain, you can have Florida back now. Please." n/t
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:32 PM
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2. I can see how they could give her FL...
but Michigan, no freaking way!
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flor de jasmim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:33 PM
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3. It's up to the DNC to decide, which they did!
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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:35 PM
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7. Actually, I think its up to the convention credentials committee
assuming no other agreement between the two campaigns
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:34 PM
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5. We write them off now, they write us off in November.
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 07:35 PM by Skip Intro

Why should Dems in FL show to vote for the party that told them they didn't matter a few months earlier?

It ain't rocket science.
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:34 PM
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6. I voted in Florida
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 07:35 PM by HockeyMom
They broke the rules, now deal with it. Florida is hopeless anyway. McCain will win here.

You can win without Florida. Don't give them any more sense of importance than they already have.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:37 PM
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8. They should split them 50-50 and not allow Florida's superdelegates to vote
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Clovis Sangrail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:38 PM
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9. On the day Fl had their primary
I thought... "wow.. what a bunch of fricken' idiots"
They were told their votes wouldn't count and did it anyways... so they *shouldn't count.
My state is *way more important than Fl and we would have moved ours up if we knew we knew it would still count... so it's really not fair to non Floridians if it counts.

(and there's more of us than them)

That's what I thought in January.
I still feel that way, but now I've chosen Obama over Hillary.

Oh yeah.. now I live in Fl.
I no longer "think" they're a bunch of fricken' idiots.
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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 08:05 PM
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11. So, whats the problem over there?
I mean Katherine Harris isn't even in state govt. anymore
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Rageneau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 09:50 PM
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12. Michigan and Florida CAN'T count -- because that would hurt Obama.
Under no circumstances shouls anything be allowed to happen that lessens Obama's chances of seizing the nomination without letting everyone vote.

Use whatever excuse makes you feel the fuzziest, but the truth is the Obama Cammpaign DOES NOT WANT ALL DEMOCRATS TO VOTE.

Because is this contest were truly fair -- if every democrat had a vote -- Obama would lose and we ALL know that.
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