My question is: So the Florida Dem Primary is pretty much invalid?

[Colobo]

[Colobo]

1. Is that the case?

[janx]

2. Absolutely not--

if they agree to play by the rules that they agreed to previously.

[Colobo]

3. Will they?

[janx]

4. We shall see!

;-)

It's up to the Dems in Florida.

[Colobo]

5. I'm a Dem voter in Florida, that's why I ask.

[janx]

7. I would urge you strongly to contact your state legislature

and voice your opinion on the subject.

[Adelante]

6. It remains to be seen

But with the candidates signing up to not campaign in those states which flaunt the rules they agreed to abide by, there is a better chance they will back off. They do want the candidates to campaign in their states. So far Obama is the one for whom campaigning in the big states wouldn't be a particular hardship financially, but he has nevertheless signed the agreement. I'm really proud of him for standing behind the party on this. We don't need this chaos right now.

[Milo_Bloom]

8. Not at all.

Whether the votes 'count' or not, won't stop the media attention and won't stop the race from being turned into a horse race after the primaries.

Whoever Florida will be the presumtive nominee, no matter what the "rules" state, because most people in the country won't understand the situation anyway. Who wins "iowa" will become minor news, compared to who ALREADY WON Florida and Iowa is really all about media attention and little more.

Whether the votes are counted at the convention or not, it takes Iowa's importance way down, as all they will do is pick "another" horse, instead of being the state that sets up the race.

[TechBear_Seattle]

9. Excellent points n/t