Roughly a million & a half people voted in the Democratic primary in Florida today. And that was AFTER they were told their votes wouldn't count for squat.

The presidential primary wasn't the only thing on the ballot. There was also an important property tax proposal regarding increasing the homestead exemption for homeowners. The tax proposal alone would have been enough to get most of those 1.5 million Dems to vote. Voting for a presidenttial candidate, even if it turns out to have been a meaningless gesture, only entailed one additional pencil mark. If voting had been for presidential candidtate alone, who knows how many wouldn't have bothered?

Also, there's a good possibility that the stripping of Florida's delegates will wind up being, essentially, a bluff. If someone at the convention makes a motion that the Florida delegation be seated and the motion is approved by a majority of delegates, it will happen. The national Democratic leadership will play tough right up to the point where it's obvious that continuing to do so is only going to push pissed of Democrats into voting Republican. Once that point is reached, they'll back down and make nice.