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Sancho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 06:24 PM
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63. Putting up a fight is where we disagree, because we often agree.
The Fl Black Caucus was one of the groups that did not want to vote "no", and they were not supporting Hillary. They wanted a paper trail and election reform.

The threatening letter from "four states" (not from the DNC, but blessed by the DNC) was an underhanded deal that avoided the rules. Because Fl would lose campaigning, their own staff report recommend fighting was a fight with no reward for winning.

The GOP manipulated a lesser penalty (50% AND campaigning) instead of FL and MI punishment. That was unfair to the states and candidates and the DNC could have done better by equalling the GOP penalty.

All in all, I think that the deals already in place would have made a "fight" by Fl to be futile anyway.

Regardless, I respect your efforts even if we sometimes have a different conclusion...


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