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October 12, 2008 7:56:37 PM CDT



Clinton Camp Blames Obama for Blocking Mich. Re-Vote

Posted Mar 19, 08 1:00 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – As a re-vote for Michigan Democrats looks less likely, Hillary Clinton put blame squarely at her rival’s feet, with one spokesman calling Barack Obama's approach “a passive-aggressive effort … to disenfranchise the voters.” Meanwhile, Obama's campaign for the first time expressed opposition to do-over legislation, the Detroit News reports, noting concern over private funding of a public election.

The Illinois senator's camp is also unsatisfied that a new primary would bar voters who participated in January’s GOP vote. A heated phone call last night between the engineers of the primary plan and Obama’s people couldn’t resolve the issue—and, Greg Sargent notes in Talking Points Memo, the candidate’s opposition “makes it all but certain” the re-vote plan is dead.

Sources Detroit News, Talking Points Memo

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Graphic shows Michigan presidential primary results   (AP Photo)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., winks to the crowd as she makes a campaign stop at Millersville University's Pucillo Gymnasium in Millersville, Pa.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts to supporters at a campaign rally in Millersville, Pa., Tuesday, March 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Voters line up at a polling station to vote in Florida's presidential primary in this Jan. 29, 2008 file photo in Coral Gables, Fla.   (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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