The new site MobLogic.comhosted by Lindsay Campbell, put together a great rundown on the Florida Democratic primary mess and pointed out something I and others should be doing a better job of explaining. It wasn’t the Democratic state Party wanting to move the primary up in violation of rules, it was the states Republican party. Democrats fought the decision but because of maneuvering lost out. Again the video above does a wonderful job of explaining so I wont rehash it.

Regardless I still maintain the DNC is ultimately to blame and here is why. They created a system that prizes Iowa and New Hampshire above all others and because of this system they were forced into penalizing Florida and Michigan. Regardless of who was to blame for breaking the Democratic rules, states are the ones who make these decisions and because of that any state could have been taken in the same direction Florida was. Because of this, it makes little sense to bind everyone to this, Iowa and New Hampshire media monopoly, for the pure and simple fact that the party continues to want to favor this system instead of courting gigantic swing states like Florida and Michigan which could help them out in November.

In addition, no one forced Obama, Edwards and the others to keep their names off the Michigan primary, they did it to again appease Iowa voters and score some political points. So though the Democrats are not to blame for the state decision, because of maneuvering by Republicans in Florida, this is true, they are to blame for creating this system and standing by it knowing full well it could create the mess we are currently in.

Still a wonderful rundown from a new site so check it out.