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November 2008
- Hey, Mitt, Your Naked Opportunism Is Showing
  
  Boston Globe | Nov 20, 08 3:43 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney is speaking sideways when he talks about Detroit these days, Joan Vennochi writes in the Boston Globe . The man who promised he would “not rest until Michigan is back” in the Republican primary is now urging bankruptcy for Detroit automakers. “If the auto industry could reinvent itself as quickly as Mitt Romney,” Vennochi writes, “it wouldn't need a bailout.” More »
August 2008
- Obama Seeks Full Votes for Discounted Delegates
  
  Chicago Tribune | Aug 3, 08 7:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is urging the Democratic National Committee to count Florida and Michigan primary votes at full strength, the Chicago Tribune 's Swamp blog reports. In a letter to the DNC, Obama wrote that the delegates—demoted 3 months ago to half-votes in a committee compromise—"must know that they are full partners and colleagues in our historic mission to reshape Washington." More »
May 2008
- Dems Seat Fla., Mich. Delegates as Half-Votes
  
  Associated Press | 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 was more complex, giving 69 of the half-votes to Clinton and 59 to Obama. More »
- DNC Lawyers: Only Half of Fla., Mich. Can Be Seated Saturday
  
  Talking Points Memo | 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 cuts their original delegate counts at least by half, the AP reports. More »
- Michigan Settles on Delegate Plan
  
  Detroit News | May 8, 08 8:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Michigan Democratic Party agreed yesterday to a plan to split its delegates to the August convention: The state wants to award 69 to Hillary Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama, who did not appear on the ballot in the primary, which was voided because it broke party rules. Michigan would also seat 29 superdelegates, reports the Detroit News . More »
March 2008
- Michigan Rep. Floats New Plan to Seat Delegates
  
  Associated Press | 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 chief Howard Dean, "is to disenfranchise voters.” More »
- Primary Do-Over Chances Collapse in Michigan
  
  Detroit Free Press | Mar 20, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chances of a new primary being held in Michigan all but disappeared today as the state Senate adjourned without taking action, the Detroit Free Press reports. Senate leaders said it was pointless to take up the plan because the Clinton and Obama camps disagreed on how to go about it. Most observers considered today the last chance to act because the Senate now leaves on spring recess. More »
- Florida Dems Nix Primary Do-Over
  
  Miami Herald | 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." But she said the Sunshine State still isn't calling it quits. More »
- Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes
  
  Chicago Tribune | 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 these rules so that the losing side feels it’s been treated fairly,” he said on “This Week with George Stephanopolous.” More »
- Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key
  
  Salon | 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, whose primaries weren't recognized by the Democratic Party for violating scheduling rules, could be her next push. More »
January 2008
- Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast
  
  New York Times | Jan 30, 08 7:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - How did the man who took summer polls by storm fall so precipitously in the esteem of GOP voters that he was finished by Florida, the state he chose for his first big victory? It could be the hubris, the inexperienced campaign team, the strategic mistakes—or it could be that "the more Republican voters saw of Mr. Giuliani, the less they wanted to vote for him," conclude Michael Powell and Michael Cooper in the New York Times . More »
- Mitt-mentum: How Far Will It Go?
  
  Time | 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 campaign the last few days, Salon notes. His message was so focused on the state, "you almost got the idea that the winner would go on to be president of Michigan," writes Mike Madden. More »
- Romney Wins on Economic Woes
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 16, 08 6:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney campaigned in Michigan as a favorite son, but he beat John McCain by persuading voters he could bring jobs back to the beleaguered state, the Wall Street Journal reports. Romney sold himself as a business executive who could end Michigan's "one-state recession." He was quick to jump on McCain's suggestion that lost jobs "are not coming back," and his aggressive optimism struck a resounding chord . More »
- GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner
  
  New York Times | Jan 16, 08 3:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney's Michigan win leaves the outlook for the GOP as muddied as before, writes the New York Times . So far in the race, three different Republican candidates have won three different states appealing to three different sets of voters. With South Carolina and Nevada voting this weekend, the GOP race could soon have five frontrunners. More »
- Romney Wins Michigan Primary
  
  MSNBC | 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 votes as Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani combined. More »

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Hey, Mitt, Your Naked Opportunism Is Showing

Obama Seeks Full Votes for Discounted Delegates

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

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

Michigan Settles on Delegate Plan

Michigan Rep. Floats New Plan to Seat Delegates

Primary Do-Over Chances Collapse in Michigan

Florida Dems Nix Primary Do-Over

Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes

Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key

Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast

Mitt-mentum: How Far Will It Go?

Romney Wins on Economic Woes

GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner

Romney Wins Michigan Primary