That Dimaio is screwing up everything for state Democrats. He says he going to take it to the Supreme Court.

There is a lawsuit hanging over all of it.

I have wondered who is paying for it.

Lawsuit over Florida delegates will be appealed to Supreme Court if needed.

I am a registered Democrat, in the yet again controversial state of Florida. It is WRONG for the DNC to now change the rules and seat our delegates at the convention. Yes, I'm annoyed they were not to be counted, that candidates didn't campaign here, and that our votes really didn't count....but RULES ARE RULES and you set a dangerous precedent for future elections if you allow the delegates to be seated just because the two leading candidates can't seem to break their neck and neck run. Our state Party leaders KNEW the rules when they allowed our REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR (Crist) to approve the moving up of the date of the Primary. They should ahve made a stink back THEN!
Additionally, we don't WANT to have to rearrange our lives and schedules to go vote AGAIN (the stupid chad-thing, and then rigged elections in 2004 were embarassing enough!). You will not get as many voters the second time around, and other states will be resentful of us getting a "do-over."
An acceptable compromise, in my view, would be to allow the alternate delegates to have their votes count at the Convention OR simply do a 50/50 split of the delegate count for our state between the candidates (that's fair). Barring either of these, Florida should just accept the consequences of its actions and the state Party leaders should have to answer to the Dem voters as to WHY their votes were not counted. Accept responsibility for your mistake and set a good example for future generations. If you allow a do-over or seating the delegates anyway, you have now made our Party no better than the Repuglican Party with its "do anything to win" ethics (or lack thereof). Furthermore, if the Super Delegates simply throw their hat to the annointed "establishment" candidate and ignore the will of the People, this Party will cease to have any influence at all going forward. The fracture will be too deep and voter apathy will prevail.

We should never reward anybody who breaks the rules. The Democratic Party leaders in Florida and Michigan should grow up and take responsibility. You acted like brats and chose to break the rules that you agreed to in the first place.