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Michigan primary stories: 46 news summaries

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Clinton Camp Blames Obama for Blocking Mich. Re-Vote

With Obama opposed, bill 'unlikely' to pass

Mar 19, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(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 ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michigan primary • re-vote

Florida Dems
Nix Primary
Do-Over

State tells party to find solution; Michigan mulls June re-vote

Mar 17, 08 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Democrats reacted to weeks of political wrangling today by ditching plans for a mail-in revote, the Miami Herald reports. "Thousands of people responded," Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman wrote. "The consensus is clear: Florida doesn’t want to vote again. So we won’t."... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Clinton 2008 • Democratic National Committee • Democratic Party • Michigan primary • delegates • Florida primary • Florida voting • barred delegates

Mich. Inches Closer to
June Re-Vote

Approval of privately financed primary must come within week

Mar 14, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michigan’s Democratic primary will take place—again—on June 3 if Barack Obama and the state legislature agree on a re-vote and private funds can be raised, the Detroit Free Press reports. Negotiators struck a tentative deal this afternoon on a full-fledged primary repeat, which state lawmakers must approve... More »

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Barack Obama • Jon Corzine • Ed Rendell • Carl Levin • Jennifer Granholm • Michigan primary

Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes

DNC chair leaves
mail-ins up to states

Mar 9, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michigan and Florida senators appeared closer today to approving mail-in re-votes for their disqualified primaries, the Swamp blog reports. DNC chair Howard Dean said he also supported the mail-ins if state leaders can agree with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on how to run them. “I have to run... More »

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Florida • Howard Dean • Michigan • Democratic National Committee • Carl Levin • Bill Nelson • Michigan primary • Florida primary • mail-in vote • re-vote

Bigwigs Wrangle Over Fla., Michigan

Campaigns, states, party try to resolve barred delegates mess

Mar 7, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's race to capture every pledged delegate has revived a contentious issue: what to do with the disqualified delegates from Michigan and Florida. Both campaigns, state leaders, and party elders all agree that something must be done. But the party is at an impasse over how... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Howard Dean • Charlie Crist • Jennifer Granholm • Democratic presidential primaries • Michigan primary • Florida primary • barred delegates • re-vote

OPINION

Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key

Hillary-backer raises specter of do-over votes

Mar 5, 08 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." Do-over votes in those states,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Democratic National Committee • Ted Strickland • Michigan primary • Florida primary • superdelegates • do-over primaries

Obama Delegate Lead Dicey
for Clinton

Unlikely to catch up, she'll push for Fla., Mich. delegates

Feb 14, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has taken a lead of more than 100 delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination, leaving Hillary Clinton with a deficit she's not likely to make up unless she wins Texas and Ohio with a landslide, the New York Times reports. With dwindling options, aides say she'll... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Michigan primary • delegates • Florida primary • superdelegates • Election 2008

Dems in Florida, Michigan Could Get a Re-Vote

With Obama and Clinton in a virtual tie, the party is considering a do-over

Feb 9, 08 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Michigan and Florida Democrats—stripped of delegates to the national convention when the states moved their primaries ahead of Super Tuesday—could get another shot at helping select the candidate, the Wall Street Journal reports. With Hillary Clinton and Obama in a dead heat, pressure is mounting on the states... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michigan primary • Florida primary

Clinton U-Turns on Michigan, Florida Ban

Says delegates
should count after all; most would be hers

Jan 26, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - The Dems punished Michigan and Florida for slating their primaries early, but yesterday Hillary Clinton said she wants their delegates to count after all, Reuters reports. As the only Dem on last week's Michigan ballot and the front-runner in Tuesday's Florida's primary, she would reap nearly all 350 delegates at... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Democratic National Convention • Michigan • Michigan primary • Florida primary

National Effort Straining Huck

Early success leaves campaign stretched thin for countrywide push

Jan 17, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's campaign is still in post-Iowa shock, trying to figure how it can run nationally with a miniature war chest and paltry organization. The GOP candidate has no offices in any of the 21 states that vote Feb. 5—save in hometown Little Rock—and his third-place finish in... More »

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Super Tuesday • presidential campaign • Mike Huckabee • evangelicals • Iowa caucus • Michigan primary • Chip Saltsman

Mitt-mentum: How Far Will It Go?

Michigan win showed Romney in his element; can he sustain it nationally?

Jan 16, 08 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney finally got his gold medal last night in Michigan, but the win has analysts wondering whether his home-state comeback can carry the country. Michigan was, after all, the land of his father, a three-term governor in the Big Three's glory days; there was a nostalgic haze around the... More »

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Mitt Romney • Detroit • Michigan • Michigan primary • Election 2008

Romney Wins Michigan Primary

State's native son gets much-needed victory to salvage campaign

Jan 15, 08 8:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Native son Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary tonight, salvaging his campaign and scrambling the Republican race anew, MSNBC reports. With 99% of returns in, Romney had 39% of the vote, John McCain 30%, and Mike Huckabee 16%. Ron Paul finished a distant fourth, but he had nearly as many... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Michigan • Michigan primary

OPINION

Mitt Outplayed Mac in Michigan

Pundits rush in before polls even close

Jan 15, 08 5:39 PM CST
(Newser) - With Great Lakes State voting booths not quite closed—and polls tied—pundits are already writing post-mortems on the two-Republican race, and giving Mitt Romney the campaigning edge. The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn and Henry Payne in the National Review agree that Mitt hit his stride, convincing Michiganders he’... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • environmentalism • auto industry • Michigan primary • job

Romney Sr. Cronies Ditch, Rebuke Mitt

George Romney allies say son has sold out father's legacy

Jan 15, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney might have expected to ride the legacy of his late father, the former Michigan governor, to a victory in today's primaries. But old friends of George Romney aren't thrilled with the politics of his son, the New York Times reports. "I think George Romney would despair of... More »

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Mitt Romney • George Romney • Michigan primary • Walter DeVries

McCain Holds Narrow Edge
in Mich.

Independents, Dems power revitalized senator over Romney

Jan 14, 08 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain holds a slim lead over Mitt Romney going into tomorrow’s primary in Michigan, according to the latest Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll. The Arizona senator leads Romney 27% to 24%, within the poll’s margin of error. “It’s very close, and it’s been very close every day... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • independents • Republican presidential primaries • Michigan primary • Election 2008

McCain Now National GOP Favorite: Poll

Clinton still leads Dems, but Obama doubles 'electability'

Jan 14, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A new nationwide poll shows seismic shifts in the standings of presidential hopefuls in the last month, with John McCain, earlier counted out with just 7% support, now leading the GOP race at 33%. The New York Times/CBS poll has Mike Huckabee trailing with 18%, and Rudy Giuliani with 10%.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • poll • electability • South Carolina primary • Michigan primary

Romney Gets Personal in Michigan

Will candidate's more emotional touch save his campaign?

Jan 13, 08 10:04 PM CST
(Newser) - You can go home again, Mitt Romney is finding in Michigan, where the GOP presidential candidate has adopted a softer approach as he vies for a badly needed primary victory in the state where he was born and raised and his father was governor. Voters are responding to the more... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Michigan • US economy • auto industry • Michigan primary

Romney Leads McCain in Michigan: Poll

Favored by voters who cite economy & jobs
as top concerns

Jan 13, 08 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney has grabbed an 8-point lead over closest rival John McCain heading into the Michigan primary, according to the latest MSNBC/McClatchy poll of the state's voters. Romney needs the good news: he has reduced advertising in South Carolina and staked his continuing candidacy on Michigan. The poll puts Romney... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • South Carolina • Mike Huckabee • Michigan • Ron Paul • Republican evangelicals • Michigan primary

Needing Win, Romney Attacks McCain in Mich.

Home state victory crucial for hopeful after Iowa, NH finishes

Jan 12, 08 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - After huge cash infusions won him second place in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt Romney is seizing on hopes for economic—and campaign—rejuvenation in his home state of Michigan, the Chicago Tribune reports. In a GM plant where 200 workers were just laid off, Romney attacked policies today that... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Michigan • unemployment • US economy • Michigan primary

OPINION

Blogfather to Mich. Dems: Vote Romney

Sabotaging GOP primary could pay off down the campaign trail

Jan 11, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Left-wing netroots tastemaker Markos Moulitsas Zúniga is endorsing Mitt Romney in next week’s Michigan primary. You read that right. In Michigan's open primary system, any registered voter can cast a Republican ballot, and the blogger calls for strategic sabotage. With the Democratic race uncontested, the Michigan left can... More »

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Mitt Romney • Jesse Jackson • Markos Moulitsas • sabotage • George Wallace • Michigan primary

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