Well, that's pretty much the Democratic chairwoman's message to Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson for signing the pledge not to campaign in Florida because of its 1/29 primary busting the DNC rules: "I don't see how anybody who believes he or she should be president of the United States of America could get tricked into signing a pact to ignore tens of millions of diverse Americas by a selfish four-state alliance of party insiders,'' she said.

Meanwhile, the stiff penalties against FL didn't stop Michigan from setting its primary for 1/15: “Michigan Democrats are taking this step in direct response to the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s statement of intent on August 9th, supported by the Democratic leadership of New Hampshire, to hold the New Hampshire primary before January 19, 2008, in direct violation of the DNC Rules that state that New Hampshire’s delegates cannot be selected at a primary held earlier than January 22, 2008.” The DNC rules committee hasn't ruled on that plan, but it's worth noting that Michigan Democratic chairman Mark Brewer voted to strip Florida of 100% of its delegates.