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Mich.-Fla. Plan, Net Gain of 19 for Clinton, Picking Up Steam

Move would raise Obama target but get Hillary little closer; 50-50 split irks Mich. Dem

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted May 29, 2008 5:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – A plan to give each of Florida’s Democratic delegates a half-vote and to split Michigan’s halved delegates evenly between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is “gaining some traction in the right circles” ahead of Saturday’s DNC meeting, Talking Points Memo discerns... Read full story »

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Move would raise Obama target but get Hillary little closer; 50-50 split irks Mich. Dem

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