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Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key

Posted Mar 5, 08 1:43 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Despite big wins yesterday, Hillary Clinton still needs a secret weapon to make up her delegate deficit and, Walter Shapiro writes in Salon, her strategy might have been presaged in Ohio by Gov. Ted Strickland urging, “Let’s go to Michigan and Florida." Do-over votes in those states, whose primaries weren't recognized by the Democratic Party for violating scheduling rules, could be her next push.

Clinton falls flat, Shapiro writes, with claims that those states’ unsanctioned primaries—which she won—should count, but even party chief Howard Dean has said he’d like to find a compromise. But before the New York senator can petition for new contests, she’s got to win the inevitable spin wars, as both campaigns try to persuade superdelegates that they have the popular mandate.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. acknowledges supporters during a primary night rally Tuesday March 4, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)   (Associated Press)
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm speaks with the media after voting on the morning of Michigan Primary, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2008 at Lewton Elementary School in Lansing, Michigan. Granholm announced that...   (Associated Press)
Florida State University students Daniel Johnson, left, Swaier Rahman, left center, Greg Arroyo, right center, and Regina Mincberg, right, show their support for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks to an audience at Florida A&M University during a campaign stop Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at an election night watch rally in San Antonio, Texas Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)   (Associated Press)
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