Florida Democratic Primary Election

Aug 25, 2007

Democratic National Committee | Rules and Bylaws Committee

The committee considered the proposed plans for selecting 2008 state delegates. The committee also voted to sanction Florida for moving its primary election to January 29 in violation of party rules against holding a primary before February 5, 2008. They took away Florida's national convention delegates unless Florida agrees to move its primary .. Read More
The committee considered the proposed plans for selecting 2008 state delegates. The committee also voted to sanction Florida for moving its primary election to January 29 in violation of party rules against holding a primary before February 5, 2008. They took away Florida's national convention delegates unless Florida agrees to move its primary to a later date.

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00:00:00 none IRAQ. SUNDAY AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN/PACIFIC ON C-SPAN.
00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE VOTED TO TAKE AWAY FLORIDA'S CONVENTION DELEGATES UNLESS THEY AGREE TO MOVE...
00:00:27 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE GROUPING THE STATES BY THE STAFF AND THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING NON COMPLIANCE. I WANT...
00:00:38 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE 2008 DELEGATE SECTION PLAN FOR FLORIDA AS APPROVED BY THE FLORIDA PARTY...
00:02:15 Unidentified Speaker OF LIKE TO SET A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR THIS DISCUSSION. IT IS IMPORTANT. ALL OF US AROUND THIS TABLE...
00:07:25 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSION?
00:07:27 Unidentified Speaker CERTAINLY.
00:07:30 Unidentified Speaker I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION.
00:07:32 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN? MR. CHAIRMAN?
00:07:36 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, THAT IS THE QUESTION, THANK YOU.
00:07:45 Unidentified Speaker WHO HAS THE RECOGNITION?
00:07:46 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN?
00:07:50 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD JUST ASK THE COMMITTEE'S INDULGENCE, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HEAR FROM THE MEMBERS...
00:08:09 Unidentified Speaker YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM BEFORE THE MOTION?
00:08:12 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS WHAT I WOULD ASK. UNLESS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
00:08:21 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IF THE MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE HAS ASKED FOR THE...
00:09:03 Unidentified Speaker AT FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO THANK YOU, SECRETARY HERMAN, AND MR. ROOSEVELT, AND MEMBERS...
00:21:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF. THE CHAIR HAS COVERED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION. WE DO WANT TO...
00:26:39 Unidentified Speaker DO WE WANT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PARTICIPATING, OR DO WE WANT MAYBE 100,000 PARTICIPATING IN THE CAUCUS?...
00:28:18 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:28:20 Unidentified Speaker NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TERRY BRADY, WHO COMES WITH SEVERAL HATS. FORMER CHAIR, DNC MEMBER,...
00:28:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE AT THIS TIME. AS YOU CAN TELL, FROM OUR PRESENTATION...
00:34:26 Unidentified Speaker IS READY, THE LETTER HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED -- MRS. BRADY, THE LETTER HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED, I WILL ASK...
00:34:40 Unidentified Speaker THIS ALSO WENT ON RECORD LAST WEEK. THE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS MEMBERS MET LAST WEEK...
00:35:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. PRI I WANTED TO CLOSE BY SAYING IT WAS A VERY...
00:35:59 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL PROCEED TO DISCUSSION. MR. DAWSON?
00:36:10 Unidentified Speaker I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND FIND THE FLORIDA PLANT IN NONCOMPLIANCE. I WOULD...
00:37:29 Unidentified Speaker THIS MOTION IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. MR. MCDONALD?
00:37:33 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IF I COULD, WHILE YOU ARE STILL THERE MADAM CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO GET A BETTER...
00:40:22 Unidentified Speaker LET ME FOR START UP WITH MY OPENING REMARKS. WE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2006, THAT THE SPEAKER...
00:44:08 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT. IN PART 7 OF THAT RULE, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET MERCY FROM THIS PARTICULAR...
00:44:56 Unidentified Speaker I WILL NOT TAKE UP EVERYONE'S TIME, I ASSUME OTHERS WANT TO SPEAK. I DO WANT TO INDICATE THE DOCUMENT...
00:45:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I ALSO WHERE SEVERAL HATS AS A DNC...
00:49:14 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. FIRST OF ALL, THE VOTE THAT YOU REFERRED...
00:50:02 Unidentified Speaker I SCREAMED WITH A LOUD VOICE.
00:50:09 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS IS AN ARGUMENT WE WANT TO GET INTO, BUT WHAT EVER. BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION...
00:54:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WHEN YOU GO BACK TO FLORIDA, IF YOU COULD ASK SENATOR CANALSNELS ABOUT THE BILL.
00:54:34 Unidentified Speaker I WILL. I WILL TALK TO ALL OF OUR DEMOCRATS.
00:54:40 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS GREAT, THANK YOU.
00:54:48 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, I GUESS THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THIS THAT CONCERNS ME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE...
00:56:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DURING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THERE ARE PRE COMMITTEE TIMES....
00:58:08 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU LOOK AT JANUARY 23, YOU SEE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES INVOLVED. MY QUESTION...
00:58:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN,. I DO NOT KNOW WHY OR WHERE YOU LIFTED THIS FROM. I AM SURE THAT THE MEETING...
00:59:41 Unidentified Speaker THE CO-SPONSORS INCLUDED SEVEN DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES.
00:59:45 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THAT ANSWER. LET ME SUGGEST TO YOU THIS, AS THE LEADER OF THE PARTY...
01:00:43 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:00:52 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIR, I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS PROPER AT THE TIME, I HAVE AN ARGUMENT, ARE REALLY DOING QUESTIONS?...
01:01:05 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS GARY SHEA, I AM FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE 7.1 MILLION DEMOCRATS. MANY LEGISLATORS...
01:02:24 Unidentified Speaker MR. KATZ, THEN MISSED JOMON PERIOD -- MS. GERMAND.
01:02:33 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PAINFUL PROCESS, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE FROM FLORIDA BUT FOR ALL OF US. WE FEEL WE...
01:06:36 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD JUST COMMENT ON WHAT WAS JUST SAID. I SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF YOUR COMMENTS. I HOPE WE ARE...
01:07:05 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD ACTUALLY ADD TO THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE'S WHO HAVE ABIDED BY THE WINDOW -- STATES...
01:07:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I THINK THAT LIKE ALL OF US AT THIS TABLE, TALKING ABOUT THIS. WHAT WE WANT TO BE TALKING...
01:13:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. MR. FOWLER?
01:14:06 Unidentified Speaker I WILL CONFESS TO YOU THAT I AM TERRIBLY TROUBLED BY THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A...
01:18:48 Unidentified Speaker MS. BRASIL?
01:18:53 Unidentified Speaker WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO YOU, AS A SOUTHERNER, I DO NOT SEE HOW WILL ROOM IN OUR PROCESS, GIVEN WHAT...
01:20:11 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
01:20:19 Unidentified Speaker OK, WITH THAT IN MIND, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS GOTTEN IN A LOT OF TROUBLE, ESPECIALLY IN 2004, WHEN THE...
01:22:28 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED?
01:22:33 Unidentified Speaker THERE HAS BEEN REFERENCE, SEVERAL TIMES, TO THIS LEGISLATIVE TIMELINE PASSAGE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW...
01:22:48 Unidentified Speaker I BELIEVE THAT I REQUESTED IT BE MADE SO.
01:22:51 Unidentified Speaker THAT REQUEST WILL BE HONORED.
01:22:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:22:54 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY WILL TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER...
01:23:06 Unidentified Speaker CAN I JUST CLARIFY ONE THING?
01:23:08 Unidentified Speaker MR. DAWSON, MAKE YOUR MOTION.
01:23:16 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS SAID, OR IMPLIED IN EFFECT, THAT THE PENALTY PROPOSED WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MY...
01:23:42 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:23:50 Unidentified Speaker THE MOTION TO CALL HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAID AYE.
01:23:58 Unidentified Speaker AYE.
01:24:04 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS UNANIMOUS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE MOTION MADE BY MR. DAWSON. DOES ANYONE NEED TO HAVE THAT...
01:24:16 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, I ACCEPT HIS EXPLANATION. THAT IS A HELPFUL EXPLANATION AND CLARIFICATION.
01:24:28 Unidentified Speaker THE MOTION, AS IN A STAND IT -- AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS THAT HE MOVED PURSUANT THAT THE COMMITTEE FINDS...
01:25:18 Unidentified Speaker AYE. THOSE -- THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO.
01:25:28 Unidentified Speaker NO.
01:25:38 Unidentified Speaker THE AYES HAVE IT. WE WILL BE TAKING A BREAK FOR LUNCH NOW. LUNCH WILL BE IN THIS ROOM -- I AM SORRY,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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