A new poll shows Florida Democrats aren’t buying it, and one in four may not back their party’s nominee in November if Florida winds up with no voice in the nomination.
Well, who needs ’em? Floridians are a “shrinking band of paranoid holdouts”!
Not only do Florida Democrats say that the Democratic presidential contenders’ boycott of their primary had little effect, but an overwhelming plurality want the officially meaningless results to count, a new St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll finds.
A record 1.75-million Florida Democrats voted in the Jan. 29 primary, which Hillary Rodham Clinton won by 17 percentage points, but as punishment for holding the primary earlier than allowed by the national party, no delegates were at stake.
The poll suggests most Florida Democrats viewed the Jan. 29 primary as a legitimate election.
For instance, only 15 percent of those surveyed said their main interest in voting was the Amendment 1 tax reform initiative, while 43 percent said the Democratic primary was the big draw and 40 percent said both were equally important to them. Likewise, 56 percent of those surveyed said the lack of Florida campaigning by the major candidates had “no effect at all” and 16 percent said it had a “major effect” on their choices.
Well, I guess they had just better talk to Donna Brazille then! She’ll set them straight!
You know, you can only imagine what the coverage would be like, both from our famously free press and the Boyz on the Blogs, if the situation were reversed, Obama won by 17%, but that didn’t count.
Or that Hillary was opposing any solution to the problem, or proposing absurd solutions like turning a 17 point blowout into a 50/50 split.
NOTE Via TalkLeft.
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So much for the high road
Lord kos and Josh Marshall were supposed to represent a new media, with higher moral and ethical standards than the old media.
I want Hillary to win. But I want her to win fair and square.
I would expect the masters of political piety to demand a solution that let the voices of all the voters be heard, even if that hurts the candidate they favor.
What’s most ironic is that Hillary is the one accused of “saying and doing anything to win.”
High road
That will be the one we all see ourselves walking on, while everyone who disagrees with us has taken a lower path.
I want a Democrat to win. I’m not at all picky about how they do it, or which road they take to get there. Legal, more or less, but other than that, no holds barred.
I’m for Hillary precisely because Payback is a Bitch and Hell hath no Fury like a Woman Scorned. I want payback and all the Furies of Hell unleashed on the same people who’ve been giving Hillary grief for all these years.
Sick ’em, Hil; chew ’em up good.
There is a difference
Between “fair and square” and the “high road.”
If the refs aren’t calling fouls, don’t be a punching bag, hit back. That’s fair. The refs should take the high road.
The media are supposed to be the refs. That includes bloggers. They can be biased but still call the game fair.
Instead we see them get the vapours over molehills while ignoring mountains.
Sorry, there's an obvious flaw in that source article
It says “The poll suggests most Florida Democrats viewed the Jan. 29 primary as a legitimate election.”
If they wanted their votes to be counted, they would have voted for the right candidate.
Do The Obama Rules cover legitimacy, then?
I do have the sense they’re evolving, but perhaps that case is not covered….
[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
Avedon Carol
Avedon Carol has an interesting theory as to why so many liberal bloggers are anti Clinton.
There's a typo in your post, DCB
I’m seeing the words “Avedon Carol,” but I’m not seeing the word “Goddess” anywhere. What’s up with that?
[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
typo
was typing fast