One thing for sure, if Michigain goes through all this trouble to hold a valid primary the last thing that should happen is to have Florida get seated without it. That would be a real kick in the pants.

who the hell would agree to something without knowing what the details of that deal would be? agree, and then we'll tell you how it's going to work...um yeah okay sounds like a genius idea.

Obama is trying to duck re-votes for Michigan and Florida, he doesn't like primaries where everyone gets to participate, only the un-democratic caucuses that bring out the Zealots that have 6 hours to kill.

Something is really wrong with this picture. It makes absolutely no sense that Obama is being asked to sign off on legislation that is not written yet. That's ridiculous. They have every right to see a plan first. The idea that somehow legislation "can't" be written until he does so, or that it takes some huge amount of effort is a flat out lie. My job involves drafting legislation. Bills are drafted all the time and circulated to see if there is significant opposition or support. Nobody ever signs on to a phantom bill that is not even written. This doesn't sound like a daunting task either. Surely Michigan has had special elections before. Drafting a bill to have another one is not reinventing the wheel. The unusual part here seems to be the financing aspect, but that is a policy issue to be worked out, and would have to be decided before the bill is drafted anyway.

This looks like a "put up" where Obama is required to basically sign a blank check as to how the election would be conducted, or be accused of stifling the voters in Michigan. DON"T DO IT. He followed the rules in Michigan ( he and every other major candidate except Clinton took their names off the ballot), so he is not at fault here, and he shouldn't be asked by a state legislature that obiviously is favoring Clinton to sign off on something before it's even created, especially when that is never the case for any other legislation.

What should happen is that a proposed bill should be submitted to both Clinton and Obama for their approval. Their approval is required for the election anyway, as they are the candidates affected by it. Any competent legislative drafter could put something like that together in an afternoon. So the idea that it can't be done until they have his "approval" is totally bogus and smells like a rat.

"But Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said, "By refusing to embrace a plan that has broad support, the Obama campaign is blocking the people of Michigan from being able to vote and make their voices heard.""

This is a typical clinton comment. The point from the Obama campaign is that they want to see a plan before they agree to it. The clinton supporters in MI state won't create a plan, just demand blind support for whatever they say. THERE IS NO PLAN TO SUPPORT, you jacka$$!

On the other hand, Obama should just make a statement as to what sort of plan he'd agree to, if and when an actual plan is created. This is very simple. If he doesn't offer a solution, he's going to look like he's flipping MI the bird. List your demands, Obama - adequate coverage in urban areas, guarantees for inspectors, guaranteed availability of law enforcement and judges to deal with any polling place anomalies, etc..

hillary will support almost anything right now because she has absolutely nothing to lose with a revote. She's seeing the delegate count trickle in Obama's direction almost every day. So Obama, spell out your terms and don't waste any more time. Defending a position that suppresses fair elections is NOT where you want to be, sir.

Well, of course the campaign isn't going to agree to a re-vote until they know how it's going to be done. That 's the problem in Florida—no infrastructure for a mail-in campaign, so how does anyone do any oversight. They need to come up with something that can be monitored.

This race must be settled way before June. Hillary needs to bow out. She can't win given the math. If she won't leave willing, the Super Delegates need to help her along both for the sake of the party and for winning the election in November.

Here is the audio clip of Hillary admitting that she knew Michigan would not count

Now she claims it was a fair election

She is a monster

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=zydzt

Whatever gets Hillary to quit proclaiming she won MI and FL...you can't win something when there was no competition.

The cost of paying for this LATE primary is going to defeat it.

Promises don't pay bills.

Michigan voters should have the money up front before they are left with the bill.

You may want to write the DNC so you can get rid of your awful State Dem Leaders.

And then send a note of thanks to Hillary's supporter, Harold Ickes, for handing out your punishment.

He advanced the idea and pushed for it when he was working for the DNC.

Let's get this straight: Hillary is the only one benefiting from this re-vote, this is her only chance to close the delegate gap, so this is politics at its best. Hillary's team built this entire process - allowing lots of states to move up and then having super tuesday: that was all Terry Macoluffe's planning (even thought he claims it wasn't). Bottom line: despite Hillary's incumbent favoring systemic attempt - MI and FL have back-fired. The best possible move for Obama would be to take it all the way to the convention to a credentials committee. And by the way, Hillary is counting on super-delegates to drag her across the finish line: but guess what?? Hillary hasn't received one single super since Feb 5th - oh wait a sec - not only has she not won any supers - she's actually LOST 7!! And Obama has gained 47 supers since Feb 5th. There is absolutely no reason for Hillary to think supers will over-ride the pledged delegates. This campaign is over, and I think Dems would be better off not wasting tens of millions on a re-vote that won't change anything except Hillary Clinton's ego-maniacal wishful thinking.

I do not understand why MI needs Obama's OK. Do they need him to approve all their other legislation? When did Obama become the Governor of MI?

Why should the states who broke the rules be the most influential?

I heard on the local Detroit news this morning that they had voted to have a primary, as the vote was 60-40 in favor.... so we really just need to get the rest of the people on board, and they are talking on June 3rd for the vote.... I think it is great news!!!