Reply #5: Fla and Mich voters do not deserve to be punished by being disenfranchised.

[Rageneau]

It was not the rank-and-file voters in those states that moved the primaries forward. In Mich, the Democratic Party there thought it was time for states larger than Iowa and New Hampshire to decide our party's nominee. Perhaps the state's Dem Party deserves some sort of wrist slap, but not the average voter. The will of the voters in this big state deserves to be heard.

In Florida, there wouldn't be a problem were it not for the gamesmanship of the state GOP. Again, it isn't right that ordinary Florida voters -- two and a half MILLION of whom turned out to vote anyway that day -- don't get their voices heard -- thru no fault of their own.

It's almost like Karl Rove has infiltrated our party hierarchy and is convincing us to engage in a circular firing squad.