Reply #6: Well, MI Might Be Able To Change [View All]

Although, with the primary three months away, it's getting pretty late. They at least have a Democratic majority in their legislature. Also, municipalities may have scheduled elections to coincide with the Jan 15 primary - so it may not be that easy.

The situation is a little different in Florida. We have a Republican led legislature here. So, even if the Democrats who voted for the early primary wanted to recant to avoid sanctions and to protect the right of Florida Democrats, there's no way the Republicans would support it. Heck, they're loving every minute of this, using it to encourage people to switch parties. That means the state will not pay for another primary after 2/5. So, any kind of caucus would be solely paid for by the Democrats. FDP is not going to do it. The publicly given reason is they don't want to spend millions on a caucus instead of on state house races, etc. A caucus would exclude absentee voters, those with limited mobility and who had work or other obligations on that day. Supposedly. I'm not sure I trust what the FDP is telling me.

Anyway, we don't want a turf war and we don't need one - but that's exactly what we have.