Seriously: I don't think Obama has any serious interest in disenfranchising Florida voters, and I just think that, outside of Florida, not many people were thinking about all of this in a clear way.

Something that sounded sort of OK a month ago now sounds absurd once you see the reality of 1.6 million people casting votes that might not be counted.

But I think Obama is just opposing the seating of the Florida delegates for short-term tactical reasons that he hasn't thought out all that well. If he just remembers that the Edwards delegates will probably support him, anyway, he has no serious tactical reason  to be a jerk about this.

If he is just sticking up for Howard Dean for reasons of principle, then I think the thing to do is to continue to oppose seating the Florida delegates, but to emphasize that he will take their vote into account if it turns out to be the deciding factor.