That poll says count the DELEGATES. Not the votes. Even Obama would seat FL's delegates in some fashion.

Seating the delegates and counting them are two very different things. Florida voters know that the poll was questioning whether or not they want the delegates COUNTED at the Convention. The distinction is that delegates are earned for each candidate on the basis of the votes in the primary.

If the DNC does not rescind this illegitimate ruling, and count Florida's delegates, then Florida may well be lost to Democrats in November. We cannot afford to lose Florida; and if we do, that will be Howard Dean's enduring legacy of shame.

i'd stop the whining, the votes won't be counted. Better to focus on other states. Florida will most likely be lost by both Obama and Clinton.

Howard Dean and Donna Brazil have lost FL for the DEM party.  Donna Brazil was the first DNC member to push for a 100% stripping of delegates and forced it up at the DNC/RBC (Rules and ByLaws Committee) to a vote.

The republicans have by manipulation of the DNC, secured FL once again for themselves.  And this time ONLY Democrats have themselves to blame.

The delegates will be counted and seated in some fashion.  It WILL HAPPEN.  The DNC will have no choice but to do so.  

I suggest we stop worrying about THIS, and focus on McCain.  

The delagates will be seated.

anyone who argues that dems need florida to win the white house is deluding themselves.  there is simply too much work for democrats to do in the state, the (southern progressive) democratic party of askew, chiles and mckay was systematically destroyed and there remains a lot of internecine conflict that prevents democrats from winning statewide (unless you're bill nelson).

the cost of winning florida in this cycle is simply too high for any democratic nominee.  florida is a big state, with a very expensive media market, a popular republican governor, and a demoralized and disorganized democratic party in the deciding region -- the i-4 corridor.  let's stop fooling ourselves (and each other) and worry about states that we can actually win.

It's a shame that Florida's elected officials on both sides of the aisle were so negligent with the responsibility of shepherding their primary voters' rights to be heard.

Luckily, democracy provides a convenient method of correcting this problem, come election time.  

If Floridans want to make sure that their voices are heard in the next primaries, they need look no further than Governor Crist and their own legislature.