[Political Junkie Too]

But the fact is, this intervention is NOT a good rallying point for the Dems.

I haven't finished reading the thread yet, but let me stop here and say this:

The big difference between now and then in terms of rallying the base is that in Florida the votes had already been cast and counted, twice. The Democrats rallied their base by claiming that blacks were disenfranchised and the elderly were confused. That is not the situation now.

Now, no votes have been cast except for the few absentee ballots that are trickling in. The Democrat base cannot rally yet as they haven't cast their votes yet. Nobody feels disenfranchised at the moment except the DNC. People are rallying, but they are rallying around the rule of law this time.

Since this is all happening before the votes are cast, people are seeing the manipulations out in the open before the fact, and they are disgusted. I don't think traditional Democrat rally cries will work this time, especially given the contradictory arguments between the ballots in NJ and the ballots in HI.

-PJ

[byteback]

Since this is all happening before the votes are cast, people are seeing the manipulations out in the open before the fact, and they are disgusted. I don't think traditional Democrat rally cries will work this time, especially given the contradictory arguments between the ballots in NJ and the ballots in HI.

I've been waiting for reaction from NJ and the only AP article I saw said that they see this as shady. I'm hoping the ruling stands and Forrester wins anyway. The GOP has to keep this in the news and leave the stink there for all to smell. This also shows who it is that wants to play by the established rules and who wants to make their own.