Otherwise, you would be allowing certain Democrats to vote twice…once in the 1st Republican primary (cross-overs who voted for McCain) and then a second time in the 2nd Democrat party. Methinks that was Soros’ game plan all along.

Not because it’s the right thing to do (it isn’t), but because I want to see a full-scale war in the Democrat party.

I want to see them totally divided and shredded from the inside. It would be a beautiful thing to watch.

Seat the delegates!

Immolate on March 3, 2008 at 11:34 AM

Florida already paid for one. If the DNC wants another they should cover the cost. Otherwise, count the votes already cast.

Would the Democrats really what a Republican care thinks?

Huh, whaaat?

stenwin77 on March 3, 2008 at 11:19 AM

A group of Florida primary voters should get together and file a lawsuit against the DNC. That would force a solution. The DNC does not want to be seen as preventing people from having their votes count.

It isn’t in Crist’s interest to be an impediment to a significant percentage of Florida voters in getting a chance to have their primary votes count. As long as it is a re-vote, and therefore arguably fair, what reason would he have to oppose it? Some of those voters voted for him, and they’re feeling pretty left out right now.

Truth is that the Florida Democrats already voted and all of the candidates WERE on the ballot. The DNC made a decision to not count the delagates at the convention. So if the Dems are disenfranchised, their beef is with the DNC, not the state. Yes, if it were to be done over, it should be the cost of the DNC, not the taxpayers of Florida.

Word up stenwin77. You’d almost suspect that THE CHOSEN ONE is a closet McCain hater, trying to prevent Romney supporters from falling in line behind McCain. Poor losers are bad. Poor winners are much, much worse.

Immolate on March 3, 2008 at 11:04 AM

Actually, my sources tell me that THE CHOSEN ONE is really Lindsey Graham.

Immolate on March 3, 2008 at 11:02 AM

This isn’t about sabotaging the Democratic party. This is about standing up for the rights of the voters of his state who had their votes taken away through no fault of their own. The Democratic party it seems, only wants Florida’s votes to count when it likes the outcome.

So are states with open primaries disenfranchising members of both parties since they are being prevented from being the ones who select their party’s delegates in that state?

James on March 3, 2008 at 10:52 AM

It does not matter who is doing it, it’s being done. The Democrats scream over these things all the time. They claim Republicans are disenfranchising people all the time. They even went to the SCOTUS in 2000 talking about “counting all the votes.” To allow the people of Florida and Michigan to be disenfranchised by their own hand will expose their hypocrisy to such an extent they will never be able to claim to be for voter’s rights with a straight face again.

An elected Republican official should never use his office to encourage the saboutage of a Democrat primary, even if he can legally get away with it. That’s anti-democratic and I can’t support it. Yes, it is the Democrat’s mess and they should have to foot the bill to get it fixed. Florida taxpayers shouldn’t be liable for the Democrat’s indecision.

Thank you Charlie for saving us from Mitt the phony conservative and his brat sons.

THE CHOSEN ONE on March 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM

This is the reason I can’t bring myself to vote for McCain.

RINOs don’t appeal to Conservative Floridians such as myself.

Indy Conservative on March 3, 2008 at 9:54 AM

Where are you in FL? I’m right here is Charlie’s hometown, ST. Pete. He is a joke.

These people are being prevented from selecting their nominee for President of the United States of America.

TheBigOldDog on March 3, 2008 at 10:44 AM

So are states with open primaries disenfranchising members of both parties since they are being prevented from being the ones who select their party’s delegates in that state?

What does whether or not he’ gay have to do with his wanting to help Republicans win in November?

I can’t watch the video, but does he want a full new election or just for the delegates to count?

amerpundit on March 3, 2008 at 9:43 AM

My point being that he is doing this to increase his chance of being VP. He would be very damaging to any Republican ticket.

I don’t think you can make a valid disenfranchisement claim about a primary election. Nobody’s saying they can’t vote in the general. Nobody has taken up the plight of those poor, poor registered Independents in states with closed primaries…who knew ahead of time what they couldn’t do in the primary if they didn’t register as one party or the other. Hmm…just like those states who knew ahead of time what would happen if they moved their primaries.

James on March 3, 2008 at 10:16 AM

Of coarse you can. These people are being prevented from selecting their nominee for President of the United States of America. The people of Florida and Michigan did nothing to warrant the punishment of having their vote taken away. They didn’t decide what day to vote. They are given a date and they show up. The facts that some hacks violated some rule on when the good people of their states could exercise their constitutionally guaranteed right is not their fault yet they are being punished by having their votes disregarded.

Independents on the other hand choose by their own actions to not have a vote in the primary. They are free to change their party affiliation if they wish to vote in either of the primaries.

The good and decent Democrats of Florida and Michigan could not independently choose which date to cast their vote. They committed no act that warrants the suppression of their right to exercise their franchise.