Posted by
Rich on Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:24:58 AM
Do
you remember the Florida recount 2000? Do you remember the close vote
in the 2006 Florida Congressional District 13 race. Well those are
nothing compared to what the Democratic Party is doing to its own
primary voters.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune in their editorial, "Delegate mess continued" do a great job of pointing out the "Democrat Disaster in Denver" scenario that is unfolding.
Democrats
are the first ones to scream voter disenfranchisement. They always
blame Republicans for this sin of sins. We finally see the ugly face of
the true culprits who are guilty of this secular evil - the Democrat
Party itself.
As the Herald-Tribune points out, "Florida and
Michigan, which held their January primaries earlier than the party
designated, were stripped of their delegates by the Democratic National
Committee. That left a trail of hard feelings in these two important
swing states."
Hard feelings aren't the half of it. What has
happened is the Democratic party has a totally dysfunctional primary
election process. This process is so flawed that when you add the
disenfranchisement of two key swing states into the mix you turn the
entire process into a disaster.
As the Herald-Tribune explains,
"The voters want to be counted; Florida and Michigan want a voice in
the August national convention."
The Democrats do not have, like
the smarter Republicans, a winner take all primary. The simple idea
that, like in the general election, if you win the majority of votes
you win all the delegates from a state. If they had such a process
Hillary Clinton would now be the nominee.
If Democrats had a
process where if you win the overall popular vote, as they screamed and
yelled about in 2000 when Gore won the popular vote but lost the
Electoral College, you would win the primary that would be fair. If you
count all of Michigan and Florida primary voters Hillary Clinton wins
again.
If you decide that to win in November you need to take
those states that have the most Electoral College votes against Senator
John McCain then Hillary Clinton wins a third time. But you must win Michigan and Florida.
We know the Democrats will sort this
out because their favorite constituency is now involved - lawyers.
Shades of Bush vs. Gore and Election 2000. The Herald-Tribune states,
"DNC lawyers say the only option under the rules is to cut the Florida
and Michigan pledged delegations by half. The Clinton camp's attorney,
by contrast, argues that the rules and bylaws committee has the
authority to seat all the delegates, with full votes." Even their own
lawyers can't agree.
The editorial gets it way right when they
state the Democratic primary process, "may have raised doubts as to
whether a party that blunders into such a pickle can be trusted to lead
the country." This may be the understatement of the year.
We
fully agree with the Herald-Tribune, "When in a hole, stop digging."
But you see Democrats are so invested in the shovel industry, because
they have been shoveling you know what for so long, they don't know how
to stop digging.
We believe the Democratic primary will finally
be determined by "Super Delegates" in Denver. Those unelected party
bosses will decide on the winner. Not Democratic primary voters.
We are looking forward to the "Democrat Disaster in Denver".