I live in Florida. You know....the land of disenfranchised voters. Our Republican governor and Republican legislature decided to move our primary date to 1/29 to "make Florida relevent to the voting process" even though they knew full well that they would be violating the DNC rules. Then the DNC had the candidates sign pledges not to campaign here. And they didn't, with the exception of Obama who ran a TV ad. So on the day of the primary 1.7 million loyal democrats showed up and voted with the belief that in the end our civil rights would not be denied. So now what we are getting from Howard Dean is a lot of lip service about his "rules" and how his bureaucratic red tape is more important than the voting rights of the loyal rank and file of his party. Some are proposing a "do over" of the primary like we are nothing but chattel that can be ordered about at will.
One of the missions du jour of the Iraq war, and there have been many, was to provide the Iraqis with the ability to vote. This has cost us dearly in American lives lost, in American lives being forever changed by physical and mental injuries, in families being torn apart, and of course billions of dollars. Yet here in Florida, US citizens are being told that our votes are meaningless because of arbitrary "rules".
I of course cannot speak for anyone other than myself, but the next vote I cast will be in November. Howard Dean needs to think about how his actions will affect the outcome of the general election in Florida.

Byaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

ruh roh - he got touched by the Patriot Act, too...

Check it out - "grassroots" Democrats know that rules suck - but as soon as you let somebody twist them, yer Constitution is "just a goddamned piece of paper".