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Levin On Michigan Do-Over: Ain’t Happening

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(Via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed.)

Sen. Carl Levin said on Friday that he did not view a “do-over” of the Michigan primary as a practical way of getting the state’s delegates seated at the convention.

“Michigan Democrats have for years argued against the unfair and irrational system in which New Hampshire and Iowa almost always have a hugely disproportionate impact on our presidential nominating process,” a statement from his office read. A DNC commission reviewed the system and recommended a new sequence for 2008 in which New Hampshire would hold the third nomination contest. It was only after New Hampshire indicated its intention to violate the new sequence — and the DNC’s failure to enforce its own rules in light of New Hampshire’s violation of those rules — that Michigan decided it would move up its primary to January 15. The DNC subsequently voted to strip Michigan of its convention delegates.”

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