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 Mich., Fla. Get Full Delegations

But compromise shouldn't endanger Obama

Aug 25, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The much-contested delegations from Michigan and Florida will receive full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention tonight, the Washington Post reports. Michigan and Florida’s primaries favored Hillary Clinton, but adjustments have been made in Obama’s favor, and Clinton seems poised to release her delegates to vote... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Michigan primary • Florida primary • pledged delegates • convention delegates • Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee

 Dems Seat Fla., Mich.
 Delegates as Half-Votes 

Raucous hearing leaves Obama 66 delegates from victory

May 31, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic officials voted today to seat Florida and Michigan primary delegates as half-votes, the AP reports. At a boisterous hearing, delayed by nearly 3 hours of private talks, the party seated Florida delegates based on the state's primary vote, with 105 for Clinton and 67 for Obama. The Michigan deal... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic Party • Michigan primary • delegates • Florida primary

Democrats to Settle Score
on Fla., Mich.

Committee likely to
seat half of delegates,
a blow to Clinton

May 31, 08 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic rules committee has begun a daylong meeting to try to settle the dispute over the seating of Florida and Michigan’s delegates, chosen in violation of party rules. Many Dems expect half the delegations from each state to be seated, the Washington Post reports, which would do little... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Committee • Michigan primary • delegates • Florida primary • Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee

Top Democrats
Say Race Ends
Next Week

Reid, Pelosi to push
for quick resolution,
good news for Obama

May 29, 08 9:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders say the primary fight will be over next week, making it all but certain that Barack Obama will be the nominee. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and party chief Howard Dean say they will press uncommitted superdelegates to make up their minds by midweek,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary

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

May 29, 08 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 from an MSNBC report. The... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michigan primary • Florida primary • DNC

DNC Lawyers: Only Half of Fla., Mich. Can Be Seated Saturday

Rules committee not allowed to go further

May 28, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - By Democratic Party rules, the long-awaited committee meeting on Saturday is authorized to re-seat no more than half of the outlaw delegations from Florida and Michigan, party lawyers have advised in a new memo. The Rules and Bylaws Committee is required to maintain a penalty for the leapfrogging states that... More »

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Michigan primary • Florida primary • DNC • Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee

OPINION

Clinton's Delegate Math Goes From Fuzzy to Demeaning

Equating Fla., Mich. struggle to democratic, feminist, civil-rights causes mocks them all

May 28, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Attempts by Hillary Clinton supporters to link the push to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations with fights for suffrage and other freedoms the world over is "an equation that makes a mockery of democracy and feminism,” Harold Meyerson writes in the Washington Post—particularly since Clinton herself... More »

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Hillary Clinton • feminism • Michigan primary • delegates • Florida primary • barred delegates • DNC

 Bill Decries
 'Cover-Up'
 By Dem Brass 

'They' are trying to pressure superdelegates, bury poll numbers favoring Hillary

May 27, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton claimed this weekend that there is a conspiracy to bury polls showing Hillary to be the better Democratic general-election candidate against John McCain, adding, “I have never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running.” “Oh, this is so terrible," said the former... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • conspiracy • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary • superdelegates

OPINION

 Bush v. Gore's Lessons for 2008 

2000 election mess colors Obama-Clinton contest

May 26, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Memorial Day dates from the Civil War, but this week, thanks to HBO’s Recount, a different internecine conflict will be in the air: the 2000 election. The generally factual portrayal of the Florida snafu gets Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker thinking about another hairsplitting debate over vote... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2000 • Michigan primary • Florida primary • George W. Bush • power grab • Bush vs. Gore

Dems Jockey
on Florida and Michigan Votes

Clinton wants outlaws seated; Obama would go 'more than halfway'

May 22, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - With primary voting in its final stretch, the long-simmering argument about outlaw Florida and Michigan balloting is heating up. Hillary Clinton's camp is still arguing that all delegates should be seated, while Barack Obama said seating half the Florida delegates would be “a very reasonable solution”—though he... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michigan primary • Florida primary

ANALYSIS

No, She Isn’t Winning the Popular Vote

Claim divisive at best, untrue at worst,
so let's just call it a tie

May 22, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s insistence that she’s winning the popular vote not only promotes a meaningless rubric in a delegate contest, but it's also a dangerous claim—and a false one, Jonathan Alter writes in Newsweek. Not only is Clinton trampling on old sore spots (think Al Gore in 2000),... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary • caucuses • popular vote

 Clinton Ready to
 Take It to Convention 

Defiant candidate emphasizes the importance of Florida's vote

May 22, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A defiant Hillary Clinton signaled yesterday that she might take the nomination fight all the way to the convention, the New York Times reports, again emphasizing the importance of seating Florida and Michigan delegates in a swing through the Sunshine State. Those delegates still wouldn't erase Barack Obama's lead, but... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • Michigan primary • Florida primary • superdelegates • barred delegates • convention delegates

analysis

 Maybe She's
 Looking
 to Bargain 

Help with campaign debt among the possibilities

May 9, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s tactics have been especially divisive in the last few days, and Katharine Q. Seelye writes in the Times that maybe she’s “veering into dangerous territory” to force her rival to bargain. Some suggestions on what she wants from him: More »

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Hillary Clinton • debt • Michigan primary • Florida primary

Downtrodden Clinton Aides Grasp at Fla., Mich. Straws

Top adviser: 'We lost this thing in February'

May 7, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last night’s primary disappointments have Hillary Clinton's aides skeptical about their candidate’s chances, the Washington Post reports. Advisers say their only hope is a last-ditch push to include results from Florida and Michigan. “Absent some sort of miracle on May 31st, it’s going to be... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Michigan primary • Florida primary • delegate count • Indiana primary

Delegate Calculus Blurs Big Picture

Clinton campaign makes own rules regarding Fla., Mich.

May 6, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign is looking past 2,025—the current delegate threshold for clinching the nomination—and focusing on 2,208, the magic number if the party seats Michigan and Florida delegates, the Washington Times reports. “That’s what we believe is the standard for deciding this,” says... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michigan primary • Florida primary • DNC • convention delegates

Hillary Renews Call for State Re-Votes 

Obama camp accuses her of serving 'political self-interest'

Apr 5, 08 8:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stumping in Oregon today, Hillary Clinton kept up her fight to recognize Florida and Michigan primary results, saying the votes had been “officially tallied,” the AP reports. “The question is whether those 2.3 million Democrats will be honored.” Meanwhile Barack Obama’s camp, which has... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Committee • Michigan primary • Florida primary • Election 2008 • DNC

 Dems Closer to Florida Deal; Dean Vows to Seat Delegates

Campaigns, party consider reducing votes by half

Apr 2, 08 10:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama and Clinton campaigns and the DNC are discussing a plan to seat Florida’s 185-delegate slate according to the outlaw primary’s results—but to give the delegates only half a vote each, Politico reports. Separately, Dean met with Florida Democratic leaders today and declared, "We will... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • delegates • Florida primary • superdelegates

Michigan Rep. Floats New Plan to Seat Delegates

Count would be based partly on Jan. primary, partly on national popular vote

Mar 31, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new plan from a Michigan congressman would apportion about half the state's Democratic delegates based on its outlaw January primary and the other half according to national popular-vote tallies, the AP reports. “The last thing we want to do as Democrats," Bart Stupak wrote to Democratic Party... More »

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Michigan • punishment • Bart Stupak • Michigan primary • Florida primary • barred delegates

 Reid: Race Will
 End Before
 Convention 

Big Dem expects Michigan, Florida delegates to play role—without new votes

Mar 26, 08 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The top Senate Democrat says his party's presidential nomination will be wrapped up before the Aug. 25-28 convention. “It will be done,” majority leader Harry Reid declared of the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—adding mysteriously, Politico reports, that he’d spoken to party chairman Howard... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Harry Reid • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Democratic presidential primaries • Michigan primary • Florida primary

Appeals Court Chucks Fla. Primary Suit

Panel clears way for Dem voter to amend, relaunch challenge

Mar 21, 08 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court today tossed a lawsuit from a Florida Democrat who claimed the Democratic National Committee violated his rights by stripping the state of primary delegates. But the challenge might not be dead, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A lower court ruled the plaintiff lacked standing because he hadn't... More »

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Howard Dean • Florida primary • DNC • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals • standing • Victor DiMaio

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