then there’s the small but real possibility that the republican-controlled state legislature might keep the dem nominee off the ballot entirely in november. i realize everybody els has written off florida as voting for mccain anyway, no matter what, but that wasn’t really a given. obama’s been making a concerted effort to woo libertarians, independents, and ‘reagan democrats’ all of which we have several of here. and the old fogies really like clinton, another good-sized voting bloc we’ve got. the dem0crats could have wrapped up this state with some savvy politicking if the dnc had donned their white hats and ridden into town on their white horses and given us registered democrats a hand in fighting some of the republican corruption here.

Due to the brain-dead spite of a few people at the DNC who worked to suppress Democratic turn-out on January 29th, we are stuck with a constitutional amendment that will significantly reduce funding to schools and local governments. Passing that amendment was what the entire Republican effort was about, and the DNC was more help than they could have dreamed.

The DNC can’t make that amendment go away, and there are a couple of more amendments on tap for the general election. The DNC has already damaged the people of Florida beyond repair, so they will be waiting well beyond the point at which hell freezes over before I will vote for any candidate on their line.

In case you’re wondering, I’m not the only former Democrat in Florida who feels this way.