On this morning's television talk shows, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Senator Carl Levin of Michigan both agreed that mail-in ballots funded by state parties was the best solution to ending the dispute over the seating of the Florida and Michigan delegations.  Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean stopped short of endorsing it is a solution, but reacted positively to it, noting that Oregon conducts all its general elections by mail.

The cost of a mail ballot election for Florida is estimated to be $6 million.  For the less populous state of Michigan, the number should be less, although a much higher percent of Michigan's residents are likely to be American citizens registered as Democrats.

I didn't take credit at the time, but it was me who was behind the very first petition to cancel the Democratic debate that was to be hosted by Fox. And with the help of fellow Kossacks, that initial effort exploded into something huge -- and we got the job done! Now there's another event on the horizon that Fox is hoping to use to claim fair-and-balanced, non-partisan legitimacy with: our convention. With convention plans being made now, it's urgent that we bring our voices together to accomplish change again! (And isn't it great having an election cause that all of us can rally around?)

This following crossposted from the new ad-hoc blog, No Luxury Box for Fox! It begins with findings of fact: