Producerpundit's Blog

If you thought hanging chads were bad, brace yourself, a Florida mail-in redo could be a disaster. That's precisely why its not going to happen. There are many reasons for this, but they break into two groups: logistical and political.

Logistical becomes more obvious the more you think about. How could they possibly pull this off? I'm told Oregon has a good mail-in system, but the state requires voters to scan their signatures beforehand, which are then matched to the signatures on the ballots. With no such system in place in the Sunshine State, the the primary would be rife with fraud, or at least the appearance of fraud. In the end "no" vote does far less damage than an "unfair" one.

Logistical feeds the political. The simple fact is Clinton wants a re-vote, Obama doesn't. Well, actually, Clinton wants to let the old vote stand. Short of that, she wants a re-vote. Howard Dean said he would only accept a solution both sides agree on. Considering Clinton's inherent advantages in Florida, the Obama camp will stall for as long as possible. Clinton will attack him for impeding democracy, and he'll say he just wants to make sure the process is fair.

In the end they'll miss the deadline, and this whole mess will be passed on to the mysterious Credentials Committee. And, to paraphrase Wayne's World 2, like the shopkeeper and his son, that's a different story altogether.