Michigan will vote

The state of Michigan will get to "do it over" on June 3rd. Local state Democrats and party officials have tentatively worked out a deal whereby Michigan will hold it's primary revote in an effort to seat its delegates at the August convention. If you recall Michigan (and Florida) were punished by the DNC for moving its primary up before February 5th's "Super Tuesday". The plan now goes on to the state legislature for approval. How will this effect the race? Obama currently leads Clinton among overall delegates, 1603 to 1497, and his campaign has been openly skeptical of Clinton's eagerness to seat the delegations from the two disputed states. Spokesman Tommy Vietor Saturday said the campaign was open to a "fair and practical" resolution of the conflict. "Hillary Clinton said in October the Michigan primary would not 'count for anything.' Now she is trying to change the rules and claim the votes of the primary she said didn't count should be counted," Vietor said. "We will evaluate the details of any new proposed election carefully as well as any efforts to come to a fair seating of the delegates from Michigan." Meanwhile, Florida is no closer to a revote and has been relegated, for the moment, to the political sidelines.