is really alarming me for our party. As to Lieberman, he lost and is thumbing his nose at the party. That's a shame.
As to the primary changes, I think more will come in time. I think this is just the beginning.
I am not sure how I feel about it, but it was done in the proper manner. Terry McAuliffe appointed a committee in 04, they have had many meetings, they have presented it to the full DNC.
It was done properly, and it is the same basic issue as the Lieberman one...you may not like the results but you need to abide by them for the sake of the party unity and strength. Not fun to do that, but necessary. Now I read this, where most every one of the 08 candidates have said the DNC decision does not count, that they will not abide by it. New Hampshire has said they not abide by it.
Here is the article:
Dem bums! DNC puts NH behind NevadaSecretary of State William Gardner said he will choose when New Hampshire Democrats vote for their Presidential candidates -- not the Democratic National Committee, which yesterday ordered the state to share more of the nominating spotlight in 2008.
"As chairman of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean is not going to pick the date of the New Hampshire primary," Gardner told the New Hampshire Sunday News.
..."The primary's going to be held on a date that honors our tradition and the action taken by the DNC dishonors that tradition," Gardner said.
Gov. John Lynch said he has written commitments from 10 likely or potential Presidential candidates promising to campaign in New Hampshire regardless of the date. No one asked has turned him down.
"What a group of party insiders did to our primary is deplorable. The DNC did not give us our primary and they are not going to take it away," Lynch said at the annual Merrimack County Democrats' summer barbecue in Bow.
"The DNC's vote really doesn't matter. The New Hampshire primary is already under way. The New Hampshire primary is here to stay and stay forever," he said.
Ok, here is how I read this. There are a lot of things I don't like about the party. Right now, though, it is what we have. I think the processes were followed and should be respected. I think Lieberman should respect the process as well.
I talked to Bill Nelson's office the other day. I told the aide that loyalty worked both ways. I asked her what if I decided that Bill had not been voting the way I liked, and that I was not going to vote for him.
To me that is the same principal here about Lieberman and the primary changes.
When rules are followed in in process, people need to go along. If they don't, chaos will follow. No discipline, no following rules, chaos happens.Not sure how I would do the primaries, but I think they should go along with the changes. I think Lieberman should be loyal to the party, and support the winner.
Hey, I would be considered most disloyal if I did not vote for Bill Nelson in November. His aide agreed that it works both ways.