Bill Nelson, Alcee Hastings to file suit against the DNC tomorrow.

[madfloridian]

They are going to have a press conference and everything. They are going to have to go all the way to Supreme Court, I guess. There is a already a 1981 ruling in the DNC's favor about awarding delegates.

:shrug:

But they will get attention, they will get their names in the headlines again.

Nelson, Hastings: Suit coming

Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Alcee Hastings say they plan to follow through with their threat to sue the Democratic National Committee over its plan to strip Florida of its convention delegates because of the state’s Jan. 29 primary.

The suit will be filed in federal court in Washington tomorrow morning. Afterward, Nelson and Hastings plan to hold a news conference.

The national committee gave the state party until Sept. 29 to figure out how to award delegates to a presidential candidate without relying on the Jan. 29 primary election, which is a week earlier than allowed by the DNC.

The DNC has tried to protect early presidential contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada by threatening other state parties with loss of delegates to the national convention if they participate in primaries before Feb. 5.

Guess who they picked for a lawyer?

Echoes of 2000...Kendall Coffey

Echoes of 2000

Something about this sounds familiar: Florida Democrats have picked Kendall Coffey, the Miami attorney who took the lead for Al Gore during the 2000 recount, to challenge the Democratic National Committee's decision to relieve the state of its delegates at the 2008 presidential convention.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, Florida's top House Democrat, say they plan to file suit next week to force the DNC to recognize Florida's Jan. 29 presidential primary. The DNC voted last month that Florida must forfeit its delegates because the primary will be held before the allowed date of Feb. 5.

A waste of time, a waste of money, and a total complete waste of good will.


Cartoon from Jim Morin at the Miami Herald

[Crazy Dave]

1. What!!! Where the hell is Corrine Brown with her big mouth!?!

She's always good for a laugh and not too worry about her making democrats look bad as nobody ever takes her serious :rofl:

[xxqqqzme]

2. so nelson is retiring in 2012?

[SteveM]

3. If Florida has its early primary, will the DNC quash the results? (nt)

[madfloridian]

6. "Squash the results"?? No, just not award convention delegates.

Electoral votes still count, is that what you mean?

[saracat]

4. I am so sorry Madflo. What a disgrace these people are!

[Carrieyazel]

5. In the stampede to nominate Hillary, these two are going to make sure that

Florida votes for Hillary early and often. Can we get a judge to dismiss this charade ASAP, and hold Nelson and Hastings in contempt?

(LIGHTHEARTED LEVITY HERE) (We need a bit of humor, if you know what I mean.)

[Romulox]

7. You want a federal judge to hold Nelson in (criminal? civil?) contempt for defying the DNC?

It's hard to make this stuff up. :silly:

[madfloridian]

9. It's hard to make this stuff up also. The poster is joking. No need to insult.

It's hard to make up the fact that a Florida state senator may sue four states for being terrorist rogue states.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/1538

The poster is joking.

You should have seen that.

[Romulox]

10. Umm, I don't think it's a joke. What's the punchline? nt

[Carrieyazel]

11. I was joking in this lighthearted post.

I just wish FL had announced their intentions way before this.

[Romulox]

12. I don't get it. nt

[madfloridian]

13. You need a more highly developed sense of humor.

.

[slick8790]

8. Alcee Hastings? The impeached judge turned rep Alcee Hastings?

:eyes:

[madfloridian]

14. This intelligence challenged announcer says 4 million Floridians can't vote.

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=15004&z=3&p=

That is such a bald-faced lie. That is what they are doing here, just spinning it.

Oh, don't forget Billy Nelson's press conference at 10:30 tomorrow.

[IndianaGreen]

15. Good for them! I hope Michigan joins their lawsuit!

It is bad enough the GOP disenfranchises voters without having the DNC do the same.