The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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br> So much for being true to your word. Last September, the Democratic National Committee was to gather in Miami for its annual meeting. "It was going to be bash the Bushes all the time," says a DNC staffer. "A week of revisiting the election theft, the ballot scams, everything." /p>

But days before the scheduled event, the terrorist attacks occurred and the party pulled out, promising to come back.

Well, it's almost a year later, and the DNC is meeting clear across the country in Las Vegas. Perhaps Terry McAuliffe prefers the dry heat to the more humid Floridian sauna experience. Or perhaps there are bigger paybacks underway.

"Two words: retirees and unions," says the DNCer. "Okay, those groups are in Florida too. But we need the unions on board for us and we'd scheduled this event well before last September, so we couldn't do it to our friends two years in a row. We'll make it up to Miami by helping defeat Jeb Bush in the fall."

Given the polls and the almost desperate odor wafting from the Florida state Democratic Party, don't expect the DNC to deliver on that promise either.

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