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By Donna Brazile | Saturday, September 1, 2007 | The Washington Post

Donna Brazile, who managed Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, is a member of the rules and bylaws committee of the Democratic National Committee. In her words,

“…the DNC chose Nevada and South Carolina to bring further regional, racial and economic diversity to the “pre-window” primary period (before February 5). Florida’s plan to move its primary forward represented a unilateral move that would completely disrupt the system on which everyone had agreed. The rules and bylaws committee had no choice but to enforce the rules. ”

“…the DNC is on firm legal ground. The question was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981, when it ruled that the national parties, not the states, determine the rules governing their respective presidential nominating processes. Failure to apply the rules would have been an affront to the states that adhered to them — and an invitation for more states to break them….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083101427.html