I'm really hoping that the legislature responds with a law that denies the state's electoral votes to any party that denies it full voting rights at the national convention.

Democratic leaders voted Saturday to strip Michigan of all its delegates to the national convention next year as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules.

Michigan, with 156 delegates, has scheduled a Jan. 15 primary. Democratic Party rules prohibit states other than Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from holding nominating contests before Feb. 5.

Florida was hit with a similar penalty in August for scheduling a Jan. 29 primary.

So let's be really clear about this. The Democrats have now denied the people of two states the right to be involved in the nomination of their party's presidential candidate. Remember, this is the party that has claimed for the last seven years to be all about preventing "disenfranchisement " (something that didn't happen in either of the last two elections, despite bogus claims to the contrary) telling certain states that they don't have a right to vote according to the dictates of state law. As ashamed as I am of the GOP move to diminish the voting strength of certain states, and as strongly as i condemn that move, this is much more destructive of American values and the rights of the people and the states.

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