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The tactic has failed twice already, but three Florida “delegates” are suing the Democratic National Committee, arguing that not seating the state’s delegates is a violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

One of the plaintiffs is a state legislative leader who, as the state voted to move its primary up to Jan. 31, openly mocked [...]

Still wringing your hands over the dispute between the Democratic National Committee, the early states who played by the rules, and calendar leapfroggers Florida and Michigan?

Have no fear. Dennis Kucinich is going to solve all our problems.

The Democratic Party is becoming increasingly desperate for a solution to the mess Michigan made when it decided to screw Iowa and New Hampshire by moving its primary to Jan. 15. How do you make everybody happy — the two deadlocked campaigns, the Michigan voters who had little say in the matter, and the early [...]

At the Democratic County Convention in Iowa City on Saturday, John Edwards supporters kept him in the running and kept alive their bargaining power at the district and state conventions.

In interviews with Iowa Independent this week, several delegates discussed the tough choices they may have to make at Saturday’s county convention.

Eleanor Clift, the Newsweek contributing editor and McLaughlin Group gadfly, is in Davenport this week. She will no doubt be taking in the grandeur of eastern Iowa’s snowbanks when she’s not taking part in classroom discussions as St. Ambrose University’s Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow.

An interview with the political pundit is below the fold.

(Commentary) The Michigan Pseudo-Primary is now history, and everyone is trying to have it both ways.  As Iowans recall, way back on August 31, when Michigan and Florida broke the Democratic National Committee’s rules and scheduled their primaries in the middle of the time set aside for the official early states, the top six candidates [...]

Media observers Matt Palevsky and Bess Kalb witnessed the caucus at Brody High School in Des Moines and caught an example of what they termed “mob mentality” on the part of the front-runners’ supporters.

Writing at “Off the Bus” on the huffingtonpost.com, they have an article and video footage from the event, including the voice vote [...]

[Commentary] I attended the Democratic caucuses last night in Iowa City and recorded the results. Our precinct was allotted 9 delegates and over 500 caucusers showed up in the cold. 

There were reports that some people even walked to their precinct caucus site.

At night. In the winter. To vote.

Can you imagine? As they say [...]

In Highlight Reel Part 1: Comparing Candidate Intros, we looked at some of the people who introduce the candidates.

In Highlight Reel Part 2: Comparing Candidate Endorsements, you can find more than a dozen candidate endorsements.

In this installment of the Highlight Reel, we’ll hear from the candidates talking about, well, other candidates. Sometimes candidates question each [...]