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Clinton: No More Mich. Delegates For Obama

Mich Dems To Present Delegate Appeal To DNC

POSTED: 1:24 pm EDT May 8, 2008
UPDATED: 4:53 pm EDT May 8, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign opposes Michigan's plan to give fewer delegates to her and more to rival Barack Obama.

The Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan and Florida of their convention delegates for holding their primaries before Feb. 5. Both are looking for compromises that would get their delegates seated.

Michigan Democrats now back a plan that would give Clinton four delegates less than the 73 she gained by winning the state's Jan. 15 primary.

Obama would get 59 pledged delegates even though he took his name off the ballot, forcing his supporters to vote for Uncommitted.

A Clinton campaign spokesman said Thursday that the campaign won't support any proposal that gives Clinton less that the delegates she earned winning the primary.

Earlier Wednesday the executive committee of the Michigan Democratic Party overwhelmingly approved the proposal set forth by the Delegate Working Group of Senator Carl Levin, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, Debbie Dingell, and Ron Gettelfinger.

The proposal allocates Michigan's 128 elected delegates: 69 Clinton, 59 Obama.

This splits the difference between the Jan. 15 results supported by the Clinton Campaign, which would create a delegates allocation of 73-55, and the 50-50 split supported by the Obama campaign, which would create a 64-64 allocation of the delegates.

"This resolution meets the main criteria that we set forth for a resolution. It is a negotiated solution that recognizes the results of the January 15th primary while taking into consideration that Obama's name was not on the ballot. This proposal seats a full Michigan delegation and gives all delegates the same voting power," said Mark Brewer, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party.

"This is a good step toward a solution that unites Democrats and ensures that our state will not face a McCain presidency and four more years of the failed Bush trade and economic policies that have devastated our state."

This proposal will be filed as a formal appeal to the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee.

In addition to approving the above proposal, the MDP also moved its State Central Committee Meeting previously scheduled for May 17 to June 14.

A location has not yet been determined.

Meanwhile, Florida Democrats said they're on the verge of finishing a plan to have the state's delegates counted toward the party's presidential nomination.

The Democratic National Committee stripped both states of their convention delegates for holding their primaries too early in violation of party rules.

Florida state party spokesman Mark Bubriski told The Associated Press that Florida officials have been talking with campaign representatives of Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton about recognizing all, or part, of Florida's 211 delegates.

Clinton is trailing Obama in the race for the nomination and is seeking to close the gap with delegates from Florida and Michigan.


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