Letters to the Editor
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Things to get over
Florida: It was not a "real" primary and everyone in Florida knew it. Many Democrats who did not vote, not to mention independents and Republicans who might have registered Dem and voted, not to mention the voters who never had the opportunity to take part in a campaign and see the candidates, would be disenfranchised if Florida's votes were counted as is. Watch out for major lawsuits from the truly disenfranchised if Florida apportions delegates according to the "beauty contest" as it was.
Michigan: The Democratic party asked the candidates to remove their names from the ballot. All but Hillary, Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich abided by the rules. It was not to their advantage at all to do so; they did so because it was the right thing to do given the agreement of the senior party people. No one fought the logic of the party -- that may have been a mistake -- but I didn't see Hillary out there, either, fighting for a "real" and "fair" election with everyone on the ballot. She quietly left her name there, disregarding the party rules. What about the people who voted for "not committed" -- if the name of the person they wanted to vote for was not on the ballot, were THEY disenfranchised? Why isn't anyone concerned that Hillary broke the rules and now she's trying to change the rules?
It's really sickening that so many people have taken up the cause of the so-called "disenfranchised" and are acting as though any candidate could block the party or the states from doing whatever they wanted to do. Give this a break. No one cared at the time because back when this decision was made, Hillary had already been "crowned" as the obvious candidate and no one thought it would make any difference. So everyone just ignored it.
On the face of it, it would be a disaster for the Democratic party to make a decision at this point that would CHANGE THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME and advantage any candidate, either candidate. It's best to let sleeping dogs lie and take a lesson from this.