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Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key

Hillary-backer raises specter of do-over votes

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 5, 2008 1:43 PM CST

(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."... Read full story »

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