DEMS TO VOTERS

YOU CAN'T HIRE US, WE QUIT (via Geitner Simmons):
Democrat primary threatened (AP, 6/26/2003)

Seven months before the presidential primary in South Carolina, the state Democratic Party doesn't have the money to pay for it, raising doubts about whether the first-in-the-South primary will take place....

The most recent state filing, from April 10, showed the state party with $288.93 on hand ...

Whatever the cost, the Democratic National Committee had said it would not step in to finance the primary despite the embarrassment of a canceled primary. The DNC wants to avoid the precedent of bailing out one state party, knowing that if it does, others would come calling.

If Al Sharpton's best chance for early momentum is cancelled, will his supporters come out for Dean in the general election? Posted by Paul Jaminet at July 8, 2003 9:46 AM