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Old 02-14-08, 04:38 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Adam D View Post
If that was normal party procedure, I would agree. The party certainly CAN do that. However, the party allows a (semi-)democratic process to determine the candidate. As a result of their respective state governments, those voters will be excluded from the normal process.

The whole thing is really very silly--who cares who has a primary or caucus first--I'd rather have those voters be able to count in deciding the party's candidate.
The states of MI anf FL didn't strip the delegates. The DNC did. No disenfranchisement involved... or at least no violation of any enfranchisement right (which may be a better way of saying it)
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