(Via The Boston Globe.)
A deal to allow delegates from Florida and Michigan to participate at the Democratic National Convention is unlikely before summer, party chairman Howard Dean said yesterday.
But he expressed confidence that an agreement would be reached to seat the delegates.
Dean said presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should be part of any […]
(Via CNN.)
Sen. Hillary Clinton has scheduled a last-minute campaign stop Wednesday in Detroit, where she is expected to push for a revote in Michigan and blame Sen. Barack Obama’s camp for holding up efforts for a new primary.
(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 […]
(Via CNN.com - Politics.)
Democrats agree that new voting is needed to determine convention delegates for Florida and Michigan, but they can’t figure out how to pay for it.
(Via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.)
The New Republic reports that Michigan “plans to get out of its uncounted delegate problem by announcing a new caucus in the next few days.“
Said the source: “They want to play. They know how to do caucuses. That was their plan all along, before they got cute with the primary.”
“Michigan Democrats […]
(Via CNN.)
(CNN) — As Democrats wrestled with whether to count Michigan’s and Florida’s primary votes, the party’s two presidential candidates continued to scrap for delegates on Thursday.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are battling for every national delegate, a fight that extends to at least the Pennsylvania primary on April 22 after Clinton’s comeback victories […]
