Bob Moser who writes for The Nation just said the Florida Democrats had little input to the primary date. Laura Flanders did not correct him.
In fact, you two guys on the radio....the vote was 115 to 1 with the Democrats on board since early 2006.
Gelber admits they did not fight the GOP about the primary.Of course we didn't fight against the bill. When the Republican leadership made it clear that this was their priority, Democrats had two choices: support something their constituents support and that was going to become law anyway; or support the DNC Rules Committee enforcement of a primary system that our constituents revile. For me, this decision was easy.
And even more, the party spokesman admitted Democrats were "all for it" in March 2006."Florida Democrats are all for it"...March 2006."Florida Democrats are all for it," Mark Bubriski, spokesman for the Florida Democratic Party, said at the time. (The time was March 2006)
Shame on using facts so carelessly.
Not only that, Moser sounded like Democrats were going to stay home. That is just not true according to this. I am among the 7% who will stay home.
Democrats unbowedDemocrats unbowed
State leaders this year moved Florida's primary from March to Jan. 29 to increase Florida's influence in the presidential nominating process. That early primary violates both parties' rules and has prompted national Democrats to declare Florida's vote officially meaningless in picking the nominee. As a result, all of the leading Democrats signed a pledge promising not to campaign in Florida.
The poll found that Florida Democrats are unbowed. Only seven percent said they were less likely to vote in the primary as a result of the penalties from national Democrats.
The real question is whether Clinton is stoppable in Florida, where she leads comfortably in every region and by more than 40 percentage points among the most reliable voters -- those 60 and older.
Among 18- to 34-year-olds, Obama, her closest but still distant rival, beat the New York senator 43 percent to 36 percent, and edged her among African-Americans, 44 percent to 42 percent.
But for all the talk of Clinton's divisive and polarizing nature, the poll offers little evidence that she's a significantly weaker general election candidate in Florida than any other Democrat, especially given the anti-Republican climate.
Everytime I turn on and hear Radio Nation, I get upset. They need to correct this.
I trust people on the radio to present truth, not the party spin. I respected Bob Moser's article at The Nation about the 50 state plan, called Purple America. But I was very disappointed in him today.
He got the Florida side, and that was it.
