It might be an unintended consequence, but Florida Democrats boosted Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid over the weekend by announcing they will defy national party leaders and stick with a Jan. 29 primary.
As a result, the Democratic National Committee will punish Florida for leapfrogging the calendar, refusing to seat the state’s delegation at the nominating convention. And the leading candidates agreed to boycott campaigning for Florida’s renegade primary, a move urged by party officials in early-voting states such as Iowa and New Hampshire.
This boycott means that Clinton’s rivals will have no chance to undercut the New York senator’s runaway lead in Florida polls: She was ahead of the field by 29 percentage points in the latest Quinnipiac University survey released Sept. 13.
When an expected 2.5 million Democrats vote in Florida’s primary, it might be just a “beauty contest,” but it looks like Clinton will be its queen.![[RSS]](http://67.192.49.194/templates/images/rss_icon.gif){kind=icon}
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