Tonight, I was at the Polk County DEC meeting. I moved down here to central Florida four months ago for a job. I wanted to immediately lend my time, money and talents to help getting Democrats elected in this state -- a state long beset by Republican extremism and big-business pandering. But having spent the last 4 years in Chicago, I was used to a different type of Democratic party, and one especially fond of Obama. But I was surprised.
The Polk County Democratic party is run by mostly older women (much older and wiser than my 27 year old rookie self). After the meeting, a few of the more important members and I went out to eat. But I am glad I got to know these kinds of Democrats. I know a woman at work who has been involved in the Democratic Party here in Florida for decades, and she was kind enough to invite me along.
These women were all Hillary supporters -- all of them. They were also very anti-Dean due to the Florida primary fiasco. They felt belittled and abandoned by the national Democratic party. They wanted their delegates seated, and they wanted their votes to count. And all they got were flippant responses from the DNC.
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