Reply #34: Sure, it hurts them. They're politicians who answer to their constituencies. [View All]

They have to run for reelection as either elected officials or party officials. They have or lose power inside their state. If the perps are punished, that diminishes the role such persons can play at the convention.

The way to properly punish those who did this is to identify them and deny them convention voting rights. Part of that deal would be to allow each state a delegation, but even then, the make up of the delegation would be subject to oversight by the DNC.

You keep saying there are no structures in place that give the national party means to punish state party officials, but there is! I've described it. No one gets floor credentials unless the DNC issues them floor credentials. If the DNC decides the price for rebellion is denial of floor credentials to the Michigan and Florida state party officials who engaged in this rebellion, THAT is the structure by which it is done.

It is the power of the DNC to exact a punishment that gives them the authority to do it. The convention is their show, and they can bar any state official they wish, for any reason.