The Democratic National Committee's dilemma over delegates from Michigan and Florida got pushed right back to the front burner late Tuesday (March 4, 2008) when Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Ohio primary.
Late in the evening, Clinton held a narrow lead in Texas over Sen. Barack Obama, but in her victory speech in Ohio, she did not sound like a candidate who planned to pull out of the race even if she lost in Texas.
Had Obama won both Ohio and Texas states, Michigan and Florida might have become less important.
But Clinton's showing means she will be continuing to insist that the party seat Michigan and Florida delegates. Obama will continue to oppose that, and some of his supporters will continue to insist on a do-over for Michigan.
Last Saturday, for example, I'm told that people demonstrated outside the state Central Committee meeting in support of a do-over primary. Some carried Obama signs, but a woman who described herself as with the Obama campaign said he was not supporting that idea.
In Florida, the Republican governor has said he would support a second primary.
I don't see it happening in Michigan.
Think about it. The state has just survived a terrible budget year in which important services had to be cut and taxes raised. Now we're going to turn around and spend $10 million for another primary? And Gov. Granholm is going to get the Republican-run state Senate to agree to that how?
Ain't happening.
So what it could come down to is who sits on the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention.
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