The Florida Decision
Someone, or several someones in the Democratic Party, should be held responsible for the nutty decision to reject the primary votes in Florida and in Michighan for purposes of the convention. Hillary Clinton supporters are rightfully angry because those two states would have provided her with many more delegates at this point and bolstered her fading chances for the nomination by showing she can win key large states.
But all Democrats should be worried whether voters, particularly in Florida, will come away from the convention disgruntled with the process, the party and the nominee. Remember 2000? Wasn't Florida rather important in that election?
If the race weren't close between Clinton and Barack Obama all of this would be swept under the rug somehow, but any decision now to reinstate Florida or Michigan delegates would prove extremely divisive, so Democrats are likely stuck with the current mess.
Why on earth did they not decide to penalize New Hamshire and Iowa for moving up their contests? That would have made more sense and might have finally ended the absurdity of having those two states hold such sway over the process.
Jim Therrien