Not really. I do want my vote to count. But I can't help finding the Democratic Party's attempt to disenfranchise Floridians amusing. I do believe they're still sore over Bush's 2000 victory, even though Al Gore has every reason to be thankful he lost that election.
Florida has defied Democratic National Committee rules by moving its primary date into January, a month reserved by party rules for Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. Now the DNC threatens to deprive Florida's delegates of their votes at the national convention if we don't change our primary date to suit them. There is a certain validity to their claim that they're only enforcing the rules, but what they are doing is missing the perfect opportunity to revise a totally antiquated system. Who can blame Florida, and other states, from wanting a say in the choosing of presidential candidates? That decision has already been made by the time of the primaries in many states. It's time to settle on one, national primary date. The candidates can still get in plenty of campaigning time, travel time from state to state being nearly negligible.
On the other hand, the DNC has also threatened to penalize candidates who would dare campaign in Florida or other wayward states. This sounds like such a good thing to me I'm tempted to support the Committee's decision.
