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...Those risks were already apparent when Dean and the DNC made their original fateful decision. Last May, Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist and the state's G.O.P.-controlled legislature - fed up with what they call an absurd presidential primary process that gives small states like Iowa and New Hampshire inordinate clout - decided to leapfrog Florida's primary from March to Jan. 29. The move violated Democratic as well as Republican party rules, but many if not most Florida Democrats also supported it. Still, the DNC ruled that all 210 of Florida's Democratic nominating delegates would be annulled. It exacted...
...more measured ruling the DNC could have mirrored. And while Democratic rivals Obama and Hillary Clinton couldn't set foot in Florida in January, John McCain and his Republican competitors campaigned there and scored valuable face time with Florida independents, with McCain even winning the endorsement of the popular Crist. Despite all that, Florida Democrats campaigned with cardboard cutouts of Clinton and Obama and then turned out to vote in record numbers for the primary election, which was remarkably blooper-free by Sunshine State standards. All the while they were convinced that in the end the DNC would never shut...
...What's worse, Dean and the DNC now look all but AWOL when it comes to resolving a mess they did so much to create, leaving it to the states to figure it out. Nor have Crist and the Florida legislature been much help after they were the ones who led the state into the primary rebellion in the first place. (In this week's poll, Florida Democrats lay equal blame on Dean and the Florida G.O.P...
...CHARLIE CRIST Seat the Delegates Crist, GOP governor of Florida, and Democratic Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm say the best solution is to count the delegates chosen in January...
...Crist, a McCain backer who is considered by many as a short-list choice for vice president, it's a virtual no-lose situation. He has joined Michigan's Democratic Governor calling for both states' delegations to be seated and said he wouldn't oppose a party-run recount. But he insists the state's budget woes preclude its paying for any of this. Clinton's delegate gap would close if the January results stand, which would be just fine with Crist: she polls badly, compared to Obama, against his buddy McCain...