No Campaigning but Much Debate Over Florida
By
ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: January 28, 2008
MIAMI — One of the big disputes taking place between Senators
Hillary Rodham Clinton and
Barack Obama these days is over an election that is — or is not — taking place here on Tuesday: the
Florida Democratic primary.
The significance of this primary is certainly questionable. Because Florida scheduled its primary for a date earlier than what the
Democratic National Committee wanted, the committee sanctioned the state by announcing it
would refuse to sit any of its delegates at the convention.