{"id":613,"date":"2008-03-17T21:20:12","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T01:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2008\/03\/17\/its-florida\/"},"modified":"2008-03-17T21:20:12","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T01:20:12","slug":"its-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2008\/03\/17\/its-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is it with Florida and screwing up elections<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Right now there’s a big debate over what to do with their election results, which officially don’t count, and in which no candidates were allowed to campaign. Hillary did anyway, and, unsurprisingly, won.<\/p>\n

Of course, counting the votes is unfair–only one candidate campaigned, and she was breaking the rules in doing so. So obviously, it would favor her. But then again, not<\/em> counting the votes would be equally unfair–you’re disenfranchising a whole state.<\/p>\n

Right now, I suspect that, as with Florida and the 2004 general election, 2008’s Democratic primary is going to be very close. And we’re going to end up with a big fight over Florida, the outcome of which will swing the vote one way or the other.<\/p>\n

Except I think we’re at a critical juncture. A united Democratic front can take back the White House in 2008. A bitterly-divided Democratic party, feuding over the nomination, is going to lose. And if we get into a “credentials fight” at the DNC, it’s going to be the latter.<\/p>\n

So, from the 49 other states–actually, 48, as Florida isn’t the only one with problems<\/a>: please, figure out how to hold an election!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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