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We heard much comment about Florida's decision to move up it's primary and how it's all the Repub's fault because they control the legislative branch.
Well. last night saw an interesting piece on this (I can't recall if it Olbermann's show or another?). They had the FL Dem leader from the Senate and the Dem party chairwoman. Surprise surprise. The Dem Senator admitted he submitted the bill to move the primary up, he said while true the Repubs control Congress, the Dem legislators voted unanimously for his bill and that they had the support of the Dem party chairwoman.
So, this portrial of the "poor" Dems in FL being punished for something forced upon them, and completely against their will, by the Repub controlled Congress is inaccurate.
Since I can't recall which news program I saw this on, and I don't have time to check all the website and search, I posted the below. It's from a DNC memeber who was involved in the Florida Dem process of moving up the primary against the party rules.
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This from an email by Jon Ausman, a Florida representative of the Democratic National Committee, who is critical of Florida Democrats aiding Republicans in moving the primary date up to Jan. 29th.
Fern
Well. last night saw an interesting piece on this (I can't recall if it Olbermann's show or another?). They had the FL Dem leader from the Senate and the Dem party chairwoman. Surprise surprise. The Dem Senator admitted he submitted the bill to move the primary up, he said while true the Repubs control Congress, the Dem legislators voted unanimously for his bill and that they had the support of the Dem party chairwoman.
So, this portrial of the "poor" Dems in FL being punished for something forced upon them, and completely against their will, by the Repub controlled Congress is inaccurate.
Since I can't recall which news program I saw this on, and I don't have time to check all the website and search, I posted the below. It's from a DNC memeber who was involved in the Florida Dem process of moving up the primary against the party rules.
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This from an email by Jon Ausman, a Florida representative of the Democratic National Committee, who is critical of Florida Democrats aiding Republicans in moving the primary date up to Jan. 29th.
1.Florida Democratic Legislators sponsored the
bill to move the primary to January 29th;
2.Florida House Democratic Legislators voted in
committee three times for the bill to move the primary to January 29;
3.All but one Florida House Democratic Legislator
vote on the floor to move the primary to January 29; and,
4.Florida House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber
stated, after receiving a call from DNC Chair asking for help in
opposing setting the primary date before February 5, "I don´t
represent Howard Dean."
5.Florida House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber
stated, after offering an amendment to move the primary to February
5th, that the only reason he offer it was "to show that there was an
attempt to state within the Democratic Party rules." The amendment
failed on a voice vote with no debate being offered.
6.Florida Senate Democratic Legislators voted in
committee to move the primary to January;
7.Florida Senate Democratic Leader Steve Geller
stated on the Senate floor that he was offering an amendment to move
the primary to February 5 only because he was threatened by DNC Chair
Howard Dean. Sen. Geller than mocked his own amendment which failed
on a voice vote without any debate.
Fern