The Democratic Party stripped Florida of all of its 2008 delegates as punishment for breaking party rules and scheduling its presidential primary on Jan. 29. 2008. All major candidates [including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards] signed pledges not to participate in the state's primary elections if they are held on that date.However, Clinton has been campaigning in Florida for over a week, and today this poster has been seen around the state:
Sorry Clinton voters, but I will call this one as I see it...
This is the most hypocritical act of her campaign to date, as she is clearly sweeping in at the last minute to try and put Florida in her column after signing a pledge to stay out of the state's primary.
If Democrats are true to themselves, they'll hit Hillary hard over this. If it's wrong for Republicans to fuck around with the election rules in order to make the outcome more favorable to them, then it's just as wrong when a Democrat does it.
The Senator from New York had been a distant second in my primary preferences. This move has put her solidly in fourth - behind Obama, Edwards, and even Gravel. And should she be the eventual nominee, this Florida episode will really shade my judgement.
