As I am posting this blog, the 30 members of the DNC Rules & Bylaws committee are meeting, behind closed doors, in the ballroom of a Washington DC hotel. In the balance is what to do with the votes of Florida and Michigan.

Both Florida and Michigan were stripped of representation for holding their elections in January, in violation of party rules.

From  the gentlemen at The American Scene comes an oddly compelling case for a do-over in Michigan and Florida. With Legos!

Sounds to me like these voters made their choice perfectly clear. From an Associated Press report: "Every vote counts. But what happens when there are no votes at all? That's the situation city officials in Tamarac (Fla.) are facing. No voters showed up Wednesday night to cast a ballot in an annexation referendum for an unincorporated Broward County community."

The county spent $2,500 to keep the polling site open for 12 hours. But who can put a price on democracy?

I know, I know, I know: Politics ain't beanbag. But I still retain enough idealism to be stunned in the face of appalling cynicism:

Powerline's Paul Mirengoff puts into words what I've been thinking (albeit vaguely) this week about the hubbub in Iowa: