Aside from the fact that Clinton uttered not a squeak on behalf of us "disenfranchised" MI and FL voters back when she thought she had Super Tuesday all sewn up. Aside from the fact that a re-vote now would reward MI and FL's "cutting-in-line" with the most powerful voting position of all of the states, which would encourage countless other states to shove and jockey at will in upcoming contests. Aside from the fact that were any re-vote to happen, every GOP voter who was too dejected with the GOP choices to turn out in January would be recruited for Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos," since it worked so well in Texas and Ohio. Aside from the fact that the DNC has no legitimate business asking the CANDIDATES, who had no part in either the trespass or the punishment, to "work out a solution" to MI and FL as though they could be expected to do anything but seek their own best interest, and as though it's their mess to clean up. Aside from all that.

The objective of a re-vote in FL or MI (presumably) would be to determine the true will of the Democratic electorate regarding the presidential nominee.

The problem is, a huge number of us Democratic voters turned out in force in January to weigh in on down-ticket matters. We were told, no, assured--over and over--that this time around in our state, no primary vote for a Democratic presidential candidate would ever be counted (my guy wasn't even on the ticket).

So we sought to help the Democrats in a way that WOULD be counted, albeit more indirectly. We voted Romney, or Ron Paul, to at least weaken McCain's momentum.

Now, it turns out, in a re-vote scenario, those of us who voted to swing the GOP vote in a way that would favor Democrats would be prevented from voting for our true Democratic candidate of choice. Prevented AGAIN. Because the rules say nobody can vote for both a Democrat and a Republican in the same race. Or some damn thing. Of course, we were not warned about this.

This scenario amounts not only to disenfranchisment, but to trickery. We would feel absolutely bamboozled and manipulated if a new vote were suddenly held that excluded voices like mine. Think MI and FL voters are pissed now? Just wait what happens when folks like us are told the DNC is now pulling a bait-and-switch because otherwise Hillary's gonna "throw down."

The results would give as false a picture of the true will of the Democratic electorate as would evenly splitting the delegates down the middle. Might as well do that and save the money and trouble. Or flip a coin. Or leg-wrestle.

And I thank Barack Obama for recognizing the injustice to voters like us, if a "re-do" were to be enacted under present rules.