Comments on: Yes, let’s have a “do-over” for Florida and Michigan http://www.electionreferee.com/index.php/2008/03/05/yes-lets-have-a-do-over-for-florida-and-michigan/ "The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union." - Thomas Jefferson Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: April http://www.electionreferee.com/index.php/2008/03/05/yes-lets-have-a-do-over-for-florida-and-michigan/#comment-12 April Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:56:35 +0000 http://www.electionreferee.com/index.php/2008/03/05/yes-lets-have-a-do-over-for-florida-and-michigan/#comment-12 There should be a national primary that weeds out everyone but the top 2 from each party. A month later, there should be a second national primary to decide who the nominees will be. No more tiny states deciding who we get to vote for. There should be a national primary that weeds out everyone but the top 2 from each party. A month later, there should be a second national primary to decide who the nominees will be.

No more tiny states deciding who we get to vote for.

]]> By: Nathaniel Cerf http://www.electionreferee.com/index.php/2008/03/05/yes-lets-have-a-do-over-for-florida-and-michigan/#comment-10 Nathaniel Cerf Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:53:52 +0000 http://www.electionreferee.com/index.php/2008/03/05/yes-lets-have-a-do-over-for-florida-and-michigan/#comment-10 title="You Made Your Bed..." I am horribly disturbed by this talk of redoing or reruling on the Michigan and Florida Democratic primaries. The rules of this election were in place before the election began, it is unfair to all of the players involved to suddenly go back and change the rules mid-way through the process. If Michigan and Florida voters are upset about the way their votes were sacrificed in the effort to circumvent election rules, then they must blame their leaders and make the appropriate changes in leadership to make sure this doesn't happen again. The current campaigners laid their strategies and have played them according to those rules in place. The die is cast, as it were. Would it be fair to Edwards, who might have won Florida or Michigan had they been in play? His campaign is shot now, but if he won one of those states when they proposed going, maybe he'd be in the running still. We don't changed the rules of football at half time during the Super Bowl just because things didn't go the way someone wanted. Why should we changes the rules of this Super Bowl of politics halfway through the election cycle. title=”You Made Your Bed…”

I am horribly disturbed by this talk of redoing or reruling on the Michigan and Florida Democratic primaries.

The rules of this election were in place before the election began, it is unfair to all of the players involved to suddenly go back and change the rules mid-way through the process.

If Michigan and Florida voters are upset about the way their votes were sacrificed in the effort to circumvent election rules, then they must blame their leaders and make the appropriate changes in leadership to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

The current campaigners laid their strategies and have played them according to those rules in place. The die is cast, as it were. Would it be fair to Edwards, who might have won Florida or Michigan had they been in play? His campaign is shot now, but if he won one of those states when they proposed going, maybe he’d be in the running still.

We don’t changed the rules of football at half time during the Super Bowl just because things didn’t go the way someone wanted. Why should we changes the rules of this Super Bowl of politics halfway through the election cycle.

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