It has been said that the presumptive nominee will be able to seat the
Florida delegation.

Aside from the fact that there are no hotels reserved for the Florida
delegation, what happened to the democratic process?

Suppose that Hillary wins Florida but without Florida Obama squeks by
with a marginal win nationally. Will Obama decide to allow the Florida
delegates to be seated if it means that Hillary would win? Or vice
vera. Suppose that Edwards wins in Florida but Hillary wins nationally
by a small margin over Obama. Then, in a magnanimous gesture Hillary
asks that the Florida delegates be seated. Since Florida went for
Edwards, why not? Could Edwards then release his delegates with an
instruction to support Obama, thus putting him over the top?

This thing could get very messy and result in the Florida delegates
becoming litlle more than pawns in a power play.

If one cadidate wins by a large margin, and that candidate requests the
Florida delegation to be seated, it will only be because the votes of
Florida Democrats are irrelevant. It Florida Dem votes are relevant,
then that can only mean that we supported someone other than the front
runner. And, in that case, our votes will be trashed.

I just do not see any way that denying Florida Democratic voters the
right to vote in the Dem Primary has anything to do with democracy.

I have not yet seen any satisfactory explanation of how this move is
democratc, or Democratic.

Can someone please explain to me what message Dem activists are supposed
to be pounding the media with?

It is awfully hard to convince others to get out and vote when all the
evidence leads to the conclusion that their votes will be meaningless.

Thanks,

Steve