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CNN – you have not allowed anyone's opinion other than those supporting Obama out here. Let us speak.

This is a racist campaign. When 92% of the black vote goes to a black man, they are voting race, not issues. This is an outrage, and it's an outrage that will work against exactly what they're trying to do, because people are disgusted by it. If they were really voting issues, they would be spread their votes between McCain, Clinton, Obama, Huckabee and others, like the rest of us are doing. But they're not. And we all know why. And for those of us who have tried really hard to be just and fair and fought against any type of racism, this is troubling and divisive, and will ultimately move people to vote THEIR OWN race, which will ultimately be the demise of Obama's campaign. Your racist behavior, folks, is perpetuating other racist behavior. let that be a lesson to you all.

Did the DNC approve 'reimbursing' Michigan? If it did, that's fine. But I was under the impression it could not afford to fund both Michigan and Florida 're-dos' because it's funds were slated for the general election.

Whatever the DNC decides is fine with me. Other than Florida EVER being able to have a 'mail in' vote. Florida is not so good at the 'walk in' vote and needs to hone that skill first.

If they figure out a solution for MI they better figure something out for FL. Obama campaign wants MI but not FL because they know MI will be closer and FL will not be.

Why don't they just use the vote totals they already have, giving Obama the uncommitted and letting FL stand but half the delegate amount so there is still punishment for moving their primary up and still representation of those that voted???

And no 50/50 delegate split is NOT fair.

Isn't it a shame that Florida's Democratic party doesn't seem to care as much about their voice being heard.

You can't follow the rules, you can't play the game. No sympathy.

Yea! Go Michigan!

Michigan should pay for re-vote. I don't feel the DNC should pay since it was Governor Granholm's doing that her residents were not seating by violating the rules.

I don't think the DNC should reimburse Michigan for their Governor's stupidity.

Governor Granholm should PAY and I'm surprise that Michigan residents are NOT holding HER accountable!! What's wrong with this picture?

Why should my hard-earn tax paying dollars go towards reimbursing the state of Michigan, why should Americans that live outside this state be penalize by footing the bill???????

If they want a re-vote, they should pay.

Congrats Michigan.... you know what you're doing. Can you give some advice now to our friends in Florida. Why does Florida always seem to have trouble when it comes to elections?

Well, where will all these endorsements really get Hillary? She is so far behind in the all the counts (e.g., pledged delegates) that PA is only prolonging an outcome that has already been determined. A vote for Hillary in PA will only add more to the division in the Dems party and their downfall in the general election. If Ohio and Texas could not serve as firewalls for Hillary, PA cannot be the SOLUTION to her loss to date.

If you are a strong Catholic, you need to contribute not only dollars to the movement by Obama, but please offer a decade of the Rosary for the election of a decent young man, Obama, to the White (pure) House. We need decency back in this great nation.

Has this a purpose ?? Polls show OBAMA/HLTON in a dead draw

ALBO

We all knew that the DNC would fold under pressure. Why even sanction them in the first place?

T has to be an open primary as it was before, can not close it out to DEMS only. If they do it will be breaking the rules and disinfranchising people all over again!

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That would be great to have a new primary and take into account Michigaan voters. It is interesting that they come to an agreement faster on MI and still have trouble agreeing in FL. Could it be that the Obam campaign is being difficult and dragging its feet because they know that Hillary would clearly win there....
I would never put anything past the OBama campaign. They are the most untrustworthy and double talking group ever put together by the Democratic party. A bunch of whiners accusing of racism anyone who dares critisize Obama. They only ones really playing the race card is this campaign, not Bill Clinton, not Rangell, not Ferraro, or any of the other who have been smeared so far.

A do over primary is the only fair thing to do.

What happened to the RULES set before the campaign started (No delegate from MI and FL)? Rules are rules and cannot be changed in the middle of the game "Howard Dean". Howard Dean should be fired for trying to commit fraud. We are all taking note of what is going is going on. If the Democrat commit such fraud to favor one candidate, it will take a long time for them to recover. As a young woman planning to join the Democrat, I will reject and denouce this party if they do not follow their rules. WHAT A SHAME

I won't be surprised that Clinton will attack the re-vote results if Obama wins. Clintons will fight to the last blood for their personal gain at the collateral damage of this people, this party and this country.

This is a fair solution. especially the stipulation to prevent Republicans from voting in the Democratic Primary. Republicans crossing over is the only reason Hillary won Texas by the slim margin that she did. It has also affected other states primaries where it has been allowed.
The Republican talk show hosts have been encouraging this because they would rather run against Clinton in November. She has many more skeletons in the closet for them to pull out in the November election, which they will not hesitate to do.
Florida should take a lesson from Michigan and hold the same type of primary and keep the Republicans from interfering with the Democrat Primary results.

Cajun in Washington State

WHY ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON PASTOR WRIGHT??????????? CNN WHATS WRONG ......................

What's the point of having a rule, if it's going to be broken? What did the DNC get out of this? An expensive bill to pay for a another primary.

We have some dumb leaders in this country. The next time I break a rule, I will defer back to Michigan and Florida.

It's really a joke when the people that made the rule are the one's paying for the reversal in the end.

Howard Dean is a whack job.

as for this Michigan revote.......

Let me get this straight. Its OK to redo the michigan primary but NOT the Florida one?

The DNC will PAY FOR THIS ONE, BUT NOT THE FLORIDA ONE?

They are going to have to count the Florida vote .

Obama camp's logic to play "By the rules" and "Rules are rules" bothers me. Everyone agrees that the whole Florida/Michigan voting situation is a huge mess up. It HAS to be dealt with one way or another, and to me, it seems better to err on the side of THE VOTERS not THE SYSTEM.

If Obama camp believes that he is a strong candidate, then why worry about a re-vote- he would win it if he is a strong viable candidate. Again, it is better to err on the side of inclusiveness and letting the voters' voices be heard vs. excluding VOTES for the sake of RULES.

Sounds like a plan.
It is time Florida got with the program.
If both States do not get to vote and be counted then I in MA will not vote.
People as Americans and Democrats should also shun the GE if the Dem's can not have ALL states vote in the primary!

Michigan broke the rules to begin with and now they want the DNC to reimburse them for a revote. I don't think the DNC will ever reimburse them, and I don't think the DNC should.

THERE WAS OVER 300 COMMENTS BY OBAMA SUPPORTERS ATTACKING HILLARY CLINTON ABOUT FERRARO–.

FERRARO COMMENTS ARE BAD, BUT OBAMA'S PASTOR COMMENTS ARE 100 TIMES WORST.

OBAMA SOUGHT SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE FROM PASTOR WRIGHT FOR ABOUT 2O YEARS– BAD JUGDEMENT!!!.

PASTOR WRIGHT IS ( A MAN OF GOD) WHO IS APART OF OBAMA CAMP– FERRERRO IS NOT A PASTOR PREACHING TO THE CHOIR..

THE MEDIA AND OBAMA CAN'T JUSTIFY THIS, BUT THEY ARE BY USING THE "OLD UNCLE" EXCUSE.

THESE IS BEYOND DENOUNCING HIS COMMENTS IN A LUKEWARM WAY. HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THIS CHURCH

BUT, OBAMA STAYED FOR 20 YEARS SEEKING SPIRTUAL GUIDANCE FROM THIS MAN.

You tell em boy. Its funny because some of what the preacher says is actually true. However, most of it is nonsense, and is inflamatory. Thats ok. The horror for Obama is that this guy has been his pastor for 20 years.

He isnt some distant 'surrogate' . This guy married Barack and Michele Obama. He was his inspriation for his book. I dont know if Obama can live this one down too well.

I think Obamas past is a lot more racially motivated than he has suggested as a campaign guy. He was very much slanted towards black issues in his public life in Illinois. While there is nothing wrong with it per se, it again hurts his credibility as he tries to be a compeletly different candidate when running for president.

Thank you Michigan for coming up with a plan that fast. That was what you should have done in the first place instead of trying to be one of the first states to start voting. People in that state are hurting for money and jobs and there you went squandering millions of tax payers dollars on an invalid primary. I hope that you learnt your lesson and if the folks in Michigan are smart they will change their elected officials in their next election because this bunch are power hungry and obviously not thinking of you.

Vote again for only one purpose - if Obama is not the winner, vote again.

Obama made a rookie mistake and left his name off the ballot. He changed his tune in Florida. He should be thanking his lucky stars for this re-do. Poor judgment on his part again.

Sounds like this state, at least, has a responsible government. What's your problem Florida?

This is cheating the system you violated the rules so deal with It ! Howard Dean do you job !

YES..Here comes another Win for Hillary!!!

How is a re-vote going to be fair to those candidates who would have originally been on the ballot? More reason to follow the rules...

Good, Good for Obama. Michigan for Obama.

then we'll see who the real winner is.

missouri.

Perplexing to most of us on the rationale as to why Hillary Clinton left her name on the Michigan ballot when other Presidental candidates were removed. Of course she got she got 55 percent of the vote.........because their was no one else to vote for. Now Michigan wants the DNC to reimburse them for their re-vote in June. The DNC has previously stated that they were not going to pay for the revote because they required the funding for the election in Nov. They knew the rules.......the price you pay for the decision you choose.

I cannot Iget into the comment section for Minister White?

Excuse me you need to count it was only 33 percent that was uncommited not 40 %. You need to learn to count. I realize that Obama is afraid to count the Florida and michigan delegates but thats to bad they need their vote to count!!!!Jean

This is why we don't want Democrats to run the country. In the end this election fiasco will cost more than double what it should.

Why should the DNC have to pay? Michigan Dems should foot the bill.

NOW that American's support the war in the latest polls, I wonder how Obama will take on IRAQ as it was his idea. He'll lose to McCain over it!

Hillary 08!!!!

Mahalo Michigan!

Hillary the HOPE of 08 and the only wise choice!

Shame on Howard Dean and the DNC for making Michigan do this again. The solution is simple...seat the delagates from the Jan. 15th primary!

The DNC is making it easy for McCain to whomp the Democratic nominee in November.

So why would MI require you be a Democrat this time if they didn't require it the first time? Don't keep changing the rules. If you don't require party identification normally, then don't require it now.

This whole process has shown the stupidity of the Democrats. The need to learn the KISS method. Keep It Simple, Stupid!!

Many democratic presidental candidates left there names on the ballot. No one was forced nor asked to take there names off. Report the entire story CNN. You are losing your credability.

A new election of ANY kind will set a very dangerous precedent for the Democratic Party.

Split the delegates 50/50 and move on!

I identify myself as a Democrat, or at the very least, left-leaning. Recognizing that the original Michigan Democratic primary would not count toward the allocation of delegates to the nominees, I did what I thought was responsible and voted in the Michigan Republican primary, which did count. I have been fundamentally opposed to a re-vote in Michigan from the start, and I suspected (and now know) that if a re-vote were to occur, it would bar the votes of Democrats and Independents that happened to vote in the Republican primary because they (thought they) knew the Democratic primary was invalid. I'm extremely disappointed in the Michigan Democratic leadership for first tempting the DNC and thereby disenfranchising those of us who wanted to vote in the Democratic primary, and I'm now disappointed in the DNC for supporting a plan that doesn't allow all the people who wanted to vote in the Democratic primary in the first place to vote anew. Frankly, the actions of much of Democratic establishment on both the state and national levels this election season has been absurd and irrational, and I have little doubt they will fail to take back the White House in November as a consequence.

well lets just show are kids that rules don't mean a thing there is no consequences for our action I 'm very up set so much so that i am changing parties i see that the Democrat's can't be trusted to play by the rules see ya

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America – Is there a United 48 States of America?

Stop this madness Now! The Michigan party officials responsible for this travesty should pay for the reelection. They should be punished for their miscalculation and putting the votes of the people at risk. The DNC should not have to reimburse them. Make them pay. The officials try to play like they were concerned about the voters, they were not concerned when they were told what not to do by the DNC and they did it anyway. They are to blame and the Michigan officials should pay.

YES!!!

HILLARY IS GOING TO WIN THIS NOMINATION!!

GO HILLARY!
GO HILLARY!
GO HILLARY!

I believe the is the way that Florida should go also.

This is wonderful news. Always knew democracy would provail. Let the voters speak and be heard, Let them vote, and count their votes.
Howard Dean should of punished the State and Local Politicans and Officals of MI and FL. And not punish the voters. The voters had nothing to do with the move up date, it was the selfish politicans of MI and FL. Let the voter vote and counted, and punish the Politicans responsable for the mess.

So the Democratic Party is going to pay for the re-votes even though Michigan broke the rules! Also, Florida wants to re-vote even though they broke the rules? In Florida, a Democrat introduced legislation to change the voting date so it's their fault not the Republicans.

These states should not be allowed to do a re-vote. If a re-vote is done, then I'm NOT going to vote for any Democratic nominee. Rules are rules. I don't understand how they can get a second chance.

They should just split the delegates 50/50. Then if other states in the future want to break the rules they will know what the consequences will be.

Michigan must have a new primary if they want to be counted. It's nice to seem them come to their senses. Florida? Not so much. Everyone was on the ballot – let it stand as is.

Good, Good for Obama.

Good for them. This was going to have to be redone in Michigan. How ever it is a shame that Florida is being put into the same group as Michigan because the only thing wrong with their election was that it was held too early. Clair Mc Caskil withthe Obama campaign had a smirk on her face this morning when she said that Florida would have to hold their election over also. She is politics as usual and trying to give her candidate an unfair advantage regardless of who it hurts. A shame that Obama just cant acknowledge that he lost this state in the election with out trying to pour in money and get a 2nd chance at changing the results-

So, if Michigan can do it, what's the hold up with Florida? There is something wrong in that state if every presidential primary/national election there's a problem with voting in FL. They need a new committee there.

It's encouraging to see that he DNC recognizes its liability for causing this mess, which by itself is a good reason for supporting McCain in the absence of an electable Democrat with comparable experience.

I am a college student and Michigan resident, who does not identify strongly with either party. Barack Obama is my candidate of choice, and the Michigan Primary situation put me in an awkward position. My options were:

1) Vote an "uncommitted" vote in the Democratic Primary in hopes that the delegates would still be seated and that the uncommitted delegates could vote for Obama
2) Vote for the Republican candidate who best represents my views in a primary which will definitely be counted.

So, I felt the democratically responsible thing to do would be to cast a vote that matters in the Republican Primary. I knew the rules and the penalties, and acted in what I felt was the wisest way. Now I feel like the rules are changing and I am losing the chance to support a candidate I like because I tried to play by the rules. I can't be the only one who opted to cast a vote that matters rather than a vote that may count for someone someday. It's a tricky situation, but the democratic leadership knew what they were doing when they got us into this mess, and the voters knew penalty when they voted. Deal with it.

There should obviously be a re-vote in Michigan. The democratic and republican lawmakers in that state are working together to serve the good people of Michigan and make sure that their voices are heard fairly. Florida, on the other hand, is being Florida once again (I lived there for 8 of the longest years of my life, so I've seen it first hand). The politicians there, as usual, are so busy playing games they don't care about the voters or what's right. After this and the debacle of 2000, the question is not whether Florida should have a re-vote, it's 'why do we ever let these people vote at all?!?

I like how Hillary commented the other day that the election should stand. That everyone had their chance and that she defeated "uncommitted" so it was fair.

What a nerve she has to claim that running against no one and to honor votes you agreed would not is fair. Why not just skip the election and make her president so we can all end this? No matter what happens she will claim victory.

BO has displayed his political ineptitude by removing HIS OWN NAME from the MI ballot. It was shear stupidity on BO’s part, and now he wants to cry about how unfair counting those votes would be. Regardless if you plan to campaign there or not, why would you remove yourself from all consideration whatsoever only to cry foul later? Shear stupidity.

This is ridiculous. The DNC is totally flopping on enforcing the rules. The political leadership of these states willingly broke the rules to exert a greater influence in the outcomes of the primaries. Well, guess what, their results were tallied and shown nationwide, thus ensuring their influence, and now they get to actually have a vote count, which doubles their influence. They win all around. Can't wait until 2012 when all the states do this.

A long time ago, Sen. Obama's minister presided over his marriage. He baptized his daughters, while Obama maintained his attendance/membership in the church for over 20 years. Recently, Obama's wife said something to the effect that this was the first time (in a long time) that she was proud of her country. More recently, both Obama's minister and Ferrukhan (sp.) offered his his endorsement of Obama. (Interesting that his minister retired before the heated primaries began.

When is the American public going to wake up? I personally can foresee "President Obama" inciting division among Americans (more so than exists today), opening our country to invasive activities (from other, less stable nations), and creating a climate of of anger.

Yes, I do think you have to look hard at Obama's alliances. I'm a church-going individual and, in the past, I have left churches that predominantly preach values that are inconsistent with my own.

Values are tied to faith, faith to commitment, commitment to leadership. Hmmm.

This is such BS. Michigan (and Florida) knew they were going against party rules when they changed their primaries, and were punished for it accordingly. Now they want a do-over? And who said American politics aren't messed up? How about the officials responsible for this debacle pay for it? Huh?

Think DNC created this mess. And they need to live with it.

When the Florida and Michigan delegations boycott the national convention and they're still faced with a draw...I recommend flipping a coin.

What about independents? Jennifer Granholm is in Hillary's pocket! This is just very undemocratic and unprofessional.

The Fla. and Mich. issue unfortunately is a lose-lose situation.

Question 1: Why Obama's name was not on the ballot? Is that fair? This must be investigated.

YES OBAMA WINS THE JUNE 3RD PRIMARY.

YES WE CAN !!!

so she got 55 percent against "no opponent?" where is this headed?

Why spend the money? It was Senator Obama who VOLUNTARILY removed his name from the ballot. He had his staff there to urge voting against Clinton. Just because he couldn't outspend her 2 or 3 to 1 is what he wants. Leave the results as they are and seat the delegates!

Perhaps is shows how truly inexperienced Senator Obama is – or how he is really not interested in the rights of the voters, of course, unless it is under his terms? Ecks – I am not in favor of that type of thinking for a President. We have something similar to that now!

The very fact that Barack Obama has attended the church for over 20 years and supported it with financial contribution makes me wonder about his sincerity . How is it possible that he stresses his great judgement and still continues to attend such a racist church? His church is full of hateful message and from the looks of the video, the congregation is cheering him on. Barack Obama could have left the church–I'm sure there are many other churchs in Chicago that don't preach such hatred.Makes me wonder about exactly what this candidate is really about.

Since they are undeniably smart people who must realize they can’t win the Democratic nomination this year it’s becoming clear what Hillary and Bill Clintons strategy is. They intend to bash Obama to the point where he will be unelectable in the general thus giving the election and the White House to their friend, John McCain. McCain has already stated that he most likely won’t run for re-election in 2012 because of his age setting the stage for a 2nd Hillary run. She will enter the Democratic primary that year saying “see, I told you so, I tried to warn you that Obama was unelectable.”

The Clintons understand that the typical voter has a poor memory so they are banking on the hope that everyone in the party will have forgotten her campaigns antics this year and the unfortunate consequence for Obama in the general election.

It’s a sad day when a person, or in this case a couple, is so driven by cynicism and a thirst for power that they are willing to sacrifice the good of the Country for their own ambitions and glory. If McCain is elected and we face another four years of Bush style leadership from the White House, both in foreign relations and the economy, the results will be disastrous. The Clintons undoubtedly understand this and see it as an opportunity for Hillary to ride to the Country’s rescue on a white horse in 2012.

This makes perfect sense. Now let's just seat the delegates from Florida and have done with it.

The Democrats in Florida had nothing to do with moving the primary up in that state. That was Republican mischief and we only continue their work by refusing to seat delegates chosen in a free and fair election.

Why should the DNC have to pay to clean up a problem not of their making? Before super Tuesday everybody, including Hillary Clinton, was OK with the ban on Michigan delegates for breaking the rules. Now that she is behind in the race, Hillary is driving the fake "Michigan voices must be heard" clammor.

Hold a much cheaper caucus – and watch Hillary scream against that suggestion. That would benefit Barack – and Hillary is only interested in listening to Michigan voices speaking for HER.

Let them have their say.

Michigan and Florida should take note of Oregon's mail-in voting. It works great and it is safer as far as corruption goes. Find a way to pay for the new voting. It is fair, but don't include anyone but Hillary, since she was the only one with guts to keep their name on the ballots. As far as it goes, she should get the delgates anyway, the vote was cast, Obama had his chance and made a choice not to have his name on the ballot and he made a concentrated effort to get voters to vote non-committed and it didn't work. Let the votes stand and let the delegates count.

if the DNC gives florida and michigan do overs, the DNC will lose all credibility.
As any parent knows, no means no!
When you back down you lose your credibility and then no will always mean maybe!

Why even take a vote? Hillary needs to win, because I want the President to be a woman! -er, I mean the most qualified candidate. Yeah, that's what I meant. I promise. Now let's all come together and defeat Reagan this November. Where am I?

Glad to see that Obama has his own Ferraro. Too bad the media won't pursue this in the same way.

Finally, some glimmer of intelligence in this whole mess.

Let Michigan have its do-over with both Clinton and Obama on the ballot, and then seat the delegates from Florida.

The Florida primary was as fair as elections get in Florida. Everyone was on the ballot and nobody campaigned there. If people stayed home because they thought it wouldn't count, that was their decision. There is no reason to believe that behavior of that sort would affect the vote count and turnout was high anyway.

And let's not forget, the Democrats in Florida had nothing to do with moving that primary up. The Republicans did that, and continuing to refuse to seat the delegates just does the Republican's work for them.

There is something that needs to be sorted out. Michigan has an open primary and you can choose either the republican or democratic ballot. Are they going to allow all those who voted republican on Jan 15th vote in the democratic primary on Jun 3?

Why bother anymore...

The Democratic base is so splintered now, neither candidate has a prayer of winning in the general election. They have managed to destroy each others chances before it even started. Will we never learn how to win an election???

I just hope McCain does a good job!

They knew the rules and chose not to follow them, so what is the problem?? The people who chose to move the election when they knew it would not count should be identified and cut loose.

We are now seeing the aftermath of Howard Dean trying to push his weight around the DNC. Stripping these states of the delegates was just another blunder under Dean. America when are we all going to wake up, Your vote should count, Elected presidents should not be put into office by delegates, but the the population of the the Legal American People. We don't need Conventions, We don't need the Media, We just need Honest American citizens running for the offices of our elected officials. Do we have any left here? Or do we need to outsource our political candidates. It doesn't seem like anyone we have now listens to us anyway, only big money. Wouldn't be a keen Idea to pay them what they are really worth, "lets say minimum wage" have them pay for their healthcare, pay their bills, oil, gas, electricity, Car insurance, buy food, car payments, Rent or mortgage all on Minimum wage, after all they expect us to do this. We need a new party one who serves the people.

Okay, let's waste more money re-voting. How can we teach our children to follow the rules or there will be consequences to pay if we allow Florida and Michigan to revote after the state officials made a clear choice not to follow the guidelines set forth by the DNC. It is funny how millions of dollars can be spent on issues like voting but we can not come up with money to get the homeless people off the streets, give veterans better health care and provide our children a better educational system.

I'm white but I'm also willing to admit that everything the man said is true. Hillary hasn't had to live life as a black man. She hasn't seen racism. Her road has been easier.

People comparing sexism to racism aren't being honest and they know it. I don't remember any news footage of white women being hit with fire hoses, hung in trees and forced to withstand Jim Crow laws.

American women have not faced anywhere near the descrimination that African Americans have. Don't forget the time period of the civil rights struggle. Don't forget the time period of lynchings. Don't forget the time period of segregation. Don't forget the time period where African American's were not allowed to compete in professional sport. These time periods where in many of our lifetimes.

Any woman attempting to draw comparisons to the struggle of black people in American society either don't really care about the struggle of African Americans or are simply being dishonest for political gain.

Learn to like Obama because he IS your Democratic nominee.

Count the people's vote. Sorry Obama.

Senator Obama claims to have the judgement to keep us all safe.
As a parent I question his judgement on exposing his young children to a church where such hurtful and intolarent comments are made.

Mine ooooh.... Mine! Michigan and Florida will and can always have a voice on who becomes the next president after a character like Bush. Democrats should understand that rules are rules... breaching them means facing the consequences.. We should all move on and select a candidate to face the McCain-Bush Republicans in the fall. These do-overs and all the bickering do not serve the party right.

This preacher is representative of Obama. Obama chooses to go to this church in which he feels comfortable and believes the message. Well, this something bad about Obama now doesn't it!!! The preacher is kooky and mean and Obama shares the same traits if he stays at that church.

Yes. Let us all kneel to the goddess Hillary and help her bend the previously decided upon rules so as to help her along in her zeal for power.

How many Dems were in the room after Hillary stole the lightbulb?

None...

They all left to go to the Rep. room. Atleast there they could see what was going on.

Montana is also voting on June 3 (Democratic primary only). But like Rodney, we get no respect!

Congrats Michigan!

Finally a vote for our state. I honestly think my vote was just fine the first time, but if the DNC isn't going to count it then they better give me the right to be heard a second time.
All this is making a life long democrate seriously rethink even voting in the national election at all.

The Party is not going to pay for another primary, full stop. Why even bother wasting everybodys time by creating and submitting this proposal?

Here we go Michigan....by now with everything that you have seen and heard...the best choice is Hillary Clinton.

he should be ashamed of his self.
there should be a apology from pastor Wright to hillary clinton.

obama need's to get out there an say how bad this is,

what obama's pastor said is terrrible.

PA should vote for hillary BIG TIME.

The perfect example of a "double standard". Do you really think that John McCain would have been placed on the ballot if he had attended a white supremecist church for over 20 years....whose racist pastor served as his coach and mentor? Not!

Let us all hope that both Michigan and FL can figure out how they can get votes counted. If they are left out then that makes us no better than some of the 3 rd world countries under dictators where only some people can vote or they have only one person.
If these states can not be counted then this country should stay out of the politics of other countries and telling them how to handle voting. Like the Pot and Kettle.
Every person has the right to vote and have their vote counted if they desire to vote. This could have been settled sometime ago if the DNC really wanted to other than throw their weight around –MACHO, MACHO. POWER, POWER PLAY

i thought michigan was one of the poorest states in america,wit the poorset city detroit?why should the city spend millions of dollars,tax-payers har earned money on a re-do?because hillary says so.shows how much she cares.rules are rules
you broke them
buy of course hillary knows they can be bent to suit her at any time
i feel sorry for my country and what it may turn to,

WOW HRC YOU BEAT UNCOMMITTED 55 TO 40 GOOD JOB ...

OBAMA 08 YES WE CAN!!!!

That sounds fair enough to me, particularly in that those who voted in the Republican primary would not be allowed to vote again which would essentially grant them two votes.

Our votes need to be counted fairly with BOTH candidates on the ballot – or not at all as was the original ruling.

Sweet! Next time around I say California should move their primary to December 15th just for the hell of it. Or we could move it to the 15th and then shortly before the primary move it back to April 15th just to spice things up. SInce states can clearly do what ever the hell they want. Let just let Michigan and Florida pick the president. They did such a good job electing their state officials they should be able to handle this no problem.

Here is another idea. Follow the rules you agreed to, suffer the consiquences for not, and becareful who you elect to run your state.

How will the Michigan state legislature certify that people did not vote Republican because I'm pretty sure a lot of Limbaugh Republicans will be coming out the wood works to vote for Billary?

The results will still be unfair because the Rush republicans will vote for Billary in order to stop Senator Obama. The people that do that are very unAmerican for making a mockery of our democracy!

McCain is AFRAID to go up against Obama – because McCain knows that Senator Obama is the better person for the job.

No, no, no... The original vote needs to be completely tossed out, not counted. If you were democratic and voted in the last election for a democrat then you cant vote again? Any one can go up and say,hey, I didnt vote in the Republican Primary, when in reality they did. Do you have a system in hand that you can use to verify who did and who did not vote? If not this will not work. You will have to completely forget the last Republican Primary as far as Democratic votes are concerned and let them all vote again, only if they are currently registered to vote as a Democrat. Other wise there are too many holes in this that leaves the new voting results in question.

The answer was "no". The answer IS "no". The answer should continue to be "no".

If it was counted as it was...where would 40% of the votes go? They should have a right for their vote to count if they want to count HRC's votes.

DNC is holding Michigan to the rules, it's not the DNC's fault that Michigan wasn't following the rules.

People need to learn to take responsibility to their own actions. The politicians can't blame the DNC when it's really their own fault for not fighting the decision to move the date up. They knew what would happen and didn't take any action to stop it.

Wow, can we just move forward. Just make it Obama/Hillary.
Please!!!!!!!

The real story here is the Democratic Party WILL pay for the do-over, paving the way for the party to also pay for a Florida do-over. John McCain must love the fact that Dems will be using resources to take each other down instead of using those resources against him.

Ms. Clinton gains the advantage of drawing this thing out a little further, though there is no chance she will receive 55% of a contested primary in Michigan. Obama gains the opportunity to win another swing state, this one with more favorable demographics for him than an Ohio or Penn.

I think we should all thank our great governor granholm... not even worthy of capitalizing her name! Michigan is in a "single state recession" and it is a shame that our voices are now "controversial".

SHAME ON YOU gRANHOLM!!!!!!!

BARACK 08'

Chad, Grand Rapids, MI

I'm a little confused. I presume the Democratic Party paying for this redo is Michigan's Democratic Party, and not the DNC, which has said it isn't paying for new primaries.

I find the requirements to vote interesting. It sounds like independents could vote before, but they may be excluded this time.

This doesn't seem to be fair. What about all the voters who would have voted in the democratic primary if it had counted, so they voted in the republican one instead? I am sure there would have been a large number of independents who would have voted in the Democratic Primary if it would have counted but voted in the Republican one instead.

Well I guess the Democrats ARE for change……change the rules in the middle. Is this really the kind of change we want in America? And now millions of dollars are going to be wasted for a re-do? Is this the kind of fiscal responsibility that we want in America? Not to mention that the outcome will really not matter all that much because the “super delegates” are going to pick the nominee anyway.

Where there is will there is a way.

What does that mean, "Identify themselves as Democrats"?
I never vote strictly by party, but rather for who I think is best qualified.
What does that make me, unable to vote?

They should let everyone vote, not just Dems.

I still don't understand why these two states think that the party should pay for what is strictly a state error?

Pay attention Obama fans.

Hillary is about to steal this thing right under your nose.

OK , either I am utterly stupid or completely naive, or perhaps both. Why in god's name is ok to vote the second time because you didn't like the outcome or the circumstances in the original vote? No one was lied to or duped the first time, the state party leaders, the candidates and the voters new what the conditions of the primary were. Do we really get to vote as often as we want to until we get the outcome that the party powers behind the scenes want?

If this was happening in a foreign country we would be rejecting and repudiating all over the place.

I also fail to understand why MI and FL agreed to the conditions in the first place and then why they proceeded to hod a meaningless primary. Did they not know that it would be a disaster?

These states need to cut their losses and voice their opinions at the ballot box in their next state elections for governor.

It was not "many" candidates that took their name off the ballot, it was everyone except Hillary. Also, it should be noted that Hillary signed a pledge saying she "would not participate" in Michigan's primary at the beginning of the campaign.

Let me get this straight. 4049 total delegates, and 2025 needed to nominate with 800 super-delegates. Meaning there are actually 3249 "real" proportional delegates and 800 "created" delegates.

Supposedly the 800 super-delegates are required to get one or the other candidate to 2025, but if they didn't exist in the first place the magic number would be 1625, not 2025. So, the super-delegates exist because of the number, and the number exists because of the super-delegates? Is this democracy, or allowing our choices to be determined by a privledged few? When did we vote for these folks to be super-delegates?

I am very happy to see that Michigan will revote, especially since this state will go Obama

How exactly do you "identify" yourself as a Democrat?

How exactly do you "certify" you didn't vote in the Republican primary?

This primary promotes voter fraud by allowing people who voted Republican the first time around to vote Democrat this time and have their votes counted twice.

The first primary was an open primary. There's no way that this re-vote can ever be fair.

The DNC already said that they would not pay for a redo. Reimbursement would be no different.

My grandfather once told me that he could beat me in any game I chose...as long as he could make up the rules. Sounds like Hillary has heard this as well. Trying to change the rules mid-game to favor her. I didn't see her trying to change the rules when they were made OVER A YEAR AGO. In fact, I didn't hear her crying foul until she was behind in delegates.

Oops. Looks like they're serious about re-doing this primary. I didn't really want a do-over, I just wanted to complain about it.

Clearly, even though I was the only person on the ballot and still only managed to get 55% of the vote, I'm entitled to all of the delegates. So why waste time with a new primary? It's because I'm a woman, isn't it?

Michigan voters wanting to cast ballots in the new primary would have to identify themselves as Democrats and certify that they did not vote in the state's Republican primary in January. So, I am supposed to believe everyone in Michigan is truthful? This already stinks to high heaven with voter fraud. While we are at it, Will those Republicans that voted in the January primary be allowed to change to a democrat and vote again too? Just because Hillary says so, Michigan and Florida are contemplating a re-vote? I thought Howard Dean was the DNC boss. Hillary's name should not have been on the ballot in Michigan in the first place. Hillary Clinton is becoming more Hillary “X” with her "By any means necessary" mentality.

Great. Reward them by handing them even more influence than they had orginally sought to gain by moving up their primary in the first place. What a great message to send: Break the rules and call the shots.

Let me understand this. Michigan's penalty for violating DNC rules is to repay them millions for a redo. How foul can you get???

Good! let the votes be counted this Time, and Hillary will win these 2 states!

I think we focus too much on non issues and leave the main issues behind.
We should remember these:
1. We are fighting 2 wars.
2. The economy is in recession.
3. Immigration issues.
4. Our national debt and image in the world.
5. Home foreclosures.

We need to be asking these candidates real issues. The media in this country is all messed up. I listen to BBC daily and I hear real world issues not who the Governor is sleeping with.

Good, every vote should count. I am glad that Dean (who made the mess in the first place) is finally doing something to fix it. Now Florida.....

This baffles me. The DNC decided that netiher of these states would be allowed to participate, and now they are going to PAY for them to have a re-do? It is completely ridiculous! There is no follow-through!

GO OBAMA!! DNC get your act together, a rule is a rule. The best solution is to divide the delegates equally. Senator Clinton is looking more like a cry baby.

MI & FL can vote as soon as Hillary turns in her tax returns.

Here's what we'll find out: she gets money from the Saudi Royal Family.

Saudi Arabia has horrible womens' rights (they can't even drive), has a vested interest in an American occupation in Iraq (they benefit from the power vacuum and America's intervention in the region), and they gave Osama Bin Laden his money (Osama's father made billions working for the Saudi gov't).

Hillary/Dubai 08

Flood gates will open and the flood will be worst than Katrina.
Can you not make a disition and stick to it?
God you Dem. just cant stand prosparity. This will be your undoing. Next elections will be chalanged and changed and it will be a mess.
Dean, I thought you had more ball to back the dicision on this issue. To quote Buggs "what a maroon"

Why should the Democratic Party have to reimburse the state? The Michigan state legislature is responsible for this.

Doesn't make sense.

Yea! As an Obama supporter from South Dakota, this will be fun. Barack will take two important states on the same day – and clinch this thing. Yippee!

Michigan and Florida need to do a FULL REVOTE. That means erase the previous vote and start from scratch. Put both candidates' name on the ballots and let the people vote - those who voted before and those who didn't. That is the only fair way to count everyone's votes. Voters from both states are more than willing to do this again if it means their votes will count.

I don't feel that the DNC should pay for a Re-Vote in Michigan.

I feel Governor Granholm created this mess in HER state by violating the rules, so therefore, the STATE of MICHIGAN should PAY for the re-vote.

It was Granholm who silenced her residents, so she should clearly step up and PAY for her decision.

Michigan residents should demand that their Governor be held accountable and she should RIGHT their wrong by paying for this mess.

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Good idea! I think a NEW set of results is the most fair way to fix this problem. Let's see if Florida can get their act together in time...mail-in votes are not as safe as a NEW set of primary votes.

Caucuses should be replaced by voting primaries...we don't want to favor one candidate over another in any way. I think Florida needs to call Michigan up and get their formula to fix both states!

Way to go Michigan for defending its peoples right to vote!

Michigan and Florida need to do a FULL

Obama supporters should sweat this one too much...after all, she did only get half of the vote when she was the only one on the ballot.

Seriously, how bad do you have to suck to have as many people say "anyone but you"?

How did Michigan problem become the world's problem. The state officials knew the consequences and it should be explained to the voters that they screwed it up. Getting mad at the candidates and not voting if they are not seated is so elementary. They need to get angry at their state officals. I really don't care if their vote count. They elected the people who made that decision for them. Bush doesn't seems to care that we've been in Iraq for five years. We elected Bush to make that decision for us.

I don't understand why there is any debate running around about should these States be able to have a "do-over" election. These States KNEW they were going against the DNC rules back in January, and that their votes would NOT count since the primary was too early. It was THEIR choice to thumb their noses at their political party – no one made them vote early!

Unfortunately, how do you do that in a state that doesn't require party identification?

If anything, they have a solid proposal ready. I can see this putting pressure on Florida to get the ball rolling, and not just say "seat them as they are."

Gr8! I hope this resolves issues and I hope Clinton captures the lead in Michigan once again as well as Florida.

Hillary 2008!

What a flippin mess, you Dems should be proud

There were rules. Remember those things. Both candidates agreed and signed to be bound by them–UNLESS HRC's signal to Florida after one of her few wins was a wink and a nod that she was not going to play by the rules. These two states did it to themselves and their leadership should be held accountable.

Seems to me that the rules should be changed AFTER the election. Michigan and Florida voters were told that their votes would not count–some voted; some did not. The most equitable thing to do is to split the delegates btw HRC and BHO. This would save time and money.

The DNC should concern itself with the issues: outrageous gas prices–move to ban the practice of speculation on a staple good–oil; infrastructure; education; sky rocketing healthcare costs, food costs, etc; alternative fuels–investigate energy companies as to why they haven't built or reopened refineries in this country; research and development; securing our borders and ports; ending two conflicts; investigate mortgage companies for the foreclosure mess; the devaluation of the dollar and the list goes on and on.........

I just can not believe it. CNN still keeps talking about Michigan Drop this subject and let's move on.

Good! I am a Hillary supporter, but this is only fair since Obama was not even on the ballot. I know it was his decision, but Hillary can make that argument during the run-up to the revote (if there is one). In addition, it is a way to count the votes without punishing the voters. I think that people forget sometimes when they talk about rules that it was not the voters who broke the rules.

Hillary 08

I thank you for showing this. If Obama wants to unite the country like he says, then he needs to REJECT this type of behavior. But it just shows what I have suspected all along, that Obama is all for his color and no one else. I know his wife is racist. You hear what this man is saying and you can understand why Ferraro said what she did. And she was speaking the truth. I know CNN will not post this, because they are pro Obama.

Harkins back to the 20's and 30's of the old saying' Vote early and vote often."

I think it is fair that Obama get on the ballot and the people of Michigan can vote. Hillary this a one up on you. Now you need to keep the votes that you have by asking the same people to vote for you.

Clearly the wrong message is being sent out there, RULES DON’T MATTER how ridiculous the DNC will look for not upholding their set rules. This has the signs of a kangaroo administration in the DNC. How can Clinton influence them to change the rules? Oh I guess one person is ‘bigger’ than the millions of people…Shame on you all that are calling for a revote

JUST SPLIT THEIR DELEGATES AT THE CONVENTION. HOLDING A DO OVER JUST REWARDS THE STATE FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES THAT WERE SET 18 MONTHS AGO. WHY DO WE HAVE RULES IN THE FIRSAT PLACE?????????????

If Florida and Michigan are allowed to break the rules and then vote, then Iowa may as well schedule their 2012 election in 2011. Its not going to matter anyway, Obama and Clinton are too close & neither will get enough to go over the top.

This is very short-sighted. Many democrats supporting Obama voted on the Republican ticket because their votes would not count on the democrat's side. Clinton will win easily because many Obama supporters will once again be disenfrachised.

Any way this is done will make U.S. democracy a laughing stock in the world. Michigan's vote was not allowed because they moved it up and broke DNC rules in order to get more clout by being an early state. Now by perhaps allowing a June 3 vote they will oddly get more clout because they are a later state. This is like changing the rules of bowling in the 10th frame of a game, or in the 4th quarter of football. The Democratic party is just proving in every way it can't be trusted to run the U.S. government.

Congrats Michigan! Now you know what it feels like to Indiana or any other state that normally has their primary during this time of the year. Their votes are never "counted". It is usually decided for them by the time they vote in May or June. So now for once you can sit back and wait until November to vote in the actual election. And you should be ashamed that your lawmakers want to have a re-vote that costs $10-20 million. Do you know what that money could do for your state? Give back to any of the programs that your state had to stop funding for because of budget cuts. But they can pull $20 million out of the sky in a month for you to re-vote in a primary? Now you should go sit in your corner, like Florida, put your dunce cap on and figure out what it means when you break the rules. If you get confused you can always go to your near by school that would love to have part of that $20 million and ask a teacher what happens when someone breaks the rules.

Excuse me. I am not now going to send any money to the DNC. Michigan chose the path that it took and now they want someone else to pay for their folly. No thank you. You will not get any of my money for this.

More money out of the DNC for primary and less money for general election. Is this a smart plan?

DNC is playing George Bush and the Chad game! Too bad Obama removed his name from Michigan it's his problem if he didn't do what Hillary Clinton did- why waste $$$ – Hillary Clinton won Florida and Michigan and let it Stand!!
Keep this up and I'll certainly not vote for ANYONE – all these games to rig elections

Re-Vote? That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. Do I get a re-speeding ticket? Or a re-laid off? Or how about a re-Super Bowl? The rules were broken and unfortunately the voters are penalized for the actions of their elected officials. I was never that great at math, but I can save each state millions of dollars! Besides, the school systems of both states could REALLY use that money.
1. Award delegates to all of the candidates that were still in the running on the day of the original vote.
2. Penalize the amount of delegates awarded to each state for defying the rules of the party, around 75% fewer delegates awarded.
3. Move from these states or get your Governor impeached for using such bad judgment.

Michigan doesn't deserve to have a revote. They agreed to the rules laid out by the party, then decided they didn't have to follow them. Why should that behavior be rewarded simply because it serves the interests of one candidate or another?

What a crock. So you can now anyone can break the rules and whine enough to get their way. It's not fair. The DNC should not entertain any discussion of a revote as this will have very far reaching and lasting ramifications for the future.

Bravo Michigan for Lettng the people of your state to have their say in this election. Good to see that government works for the people.

I'm with Roland Martin, neither Florida or Michigan should have a re-vote, nor should their delegates be seated. They broke party rules. Actually the Republican dominated state Congress is responsible for the rules being broken and the disenfranchisement of millions of people. This is not the fault of the DNC, rather a ploy by Republicans. Still, rules are rules.

I understand the arguement that Florida and Michigan want their voices heard, however they should have thought of that before they held their primaries early. 48 other states and the voters of those states played by the rules and now have to sit back and watch this circus of events.
If those 2 states want their voices heard that bad, then they should pay for new primaries in those states. If they dont want to pay, then accept the fact they broke the rules. I am concerned that what ever alternative solution they reach, it will be contested and end up in the courts and we will have a bigger mess on our hands.

What a fiasco!!! There will be people voting that can't remember what they declared on January 15th. There will be voters re-voting because they crossed over to the republican ballot because their candidate was not on the democratic ballot on January 15th. There is a concern how the absent voter ballots will be handled and the time frame of this election. The local units of government are already cash strapped and have cut employees in the State of Michigan and now they are going to come back to the municipalities and ask us once again to front the monies for an election that they have not gotten paid for from January 15th. Someone needs to revamp the whole political process concerning delegates, super delegates and the electoral college. This is outrageous and Michigan and Florida look like they are not too bright jumping the gun to move the election date for the Presidential Primary. What a way to disenfranchise voters by telling them their vote did not count for January 15th when they made the conscience effort to voice their right to vote. What is the matter with the Legislative individuals and political hacks that are running our country and our states?????? I am disgusted and apauled by what is about to happen in Michigan and Florida.

Linda Langmesser
City of Plymouth, Michigan

Hooray for Michigan for coming up with a fair plan!

The statement above, "Michigan normally does not require party identification in primary elections," points to the exclusion of independent voters (which Obama is winning overwhelmingly). Sounds like an attempt to give more delegates to Hillary. DNC should NOT pay for this.

Thank god. At least Michigan has their acts together. As for Florida, they will still be talking about a re-vote and how to handle one even after November.

Wont work still, why should the DNC refund them the cost, where will the DNC get the money.

VERY GOOD
MICHIGAN=HILARY

Why doesn't CNN ever post my comments? I wonder? Anyways, I don't think it really matters whether MI and FL revotes or not. In fact I think its a waste of money and time because Obama will win the nominations anyway. Its dumb that they are doing this only because its a close race. They broke the rules and they should pay the consequences. If not, then I'm suggesting that every state break the rules every year. If they get to actually "decide" the race because they broke the rules then lets make sure our state breaks the rule also so that we can decide the race. This is stupid...we should just stick to the rules...period!!!

I support Obama.I think it is wrong to break rules and then change the rules. However, in this case I think Obama will win easily in Michigan.
As for Florida,sure his name was on the ballot, but Hillary had the same national recognition as Guliani. Hardly anybody had ever heard of Obama. People vote for a name they already know.

How the heck is that going to work? I live in MI and all I've heard from the government is that we're broke. So which programs are we going to steal from to pay for this and then if the DNC said they wouldn't be paying for it, how will they pay us back? At my last investigation, the DNC was almost broke too. This sounds like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Most polls show them almost tied in Michigan. I say, don't waste money just split the votes. Learn and move on. Hillary is the nominee after the big P anyway.

PENNSYLVANIA FOR HILLARY!!

Giving MI & FL the opportunity to re-vote after breaking the rules allows them to play an even bigger role in the presidentail elections. Ultimately, these two states will choose the next nominee. Some punishment!

This move will disenfranchise the voters in the other 48 states who followed the rules. Did the DNC ever think about that!

I play golf and for those that do you know where I am going with this. I cannot beleive that this is even going to happen. Rolin Martin wrote an artice a few day ago that said the states need to be punished for what they did. They moved up their primaries and were warned by the DNC not to, and if they did, the DNC would strip the delagets. Well, those 2 states went ahead and moved up their primaries and they NOW they cry foul. This is crap. Even if I lived in those states, I would know this is crap and a farse. The real people to blame here are the state legaslature's, not the candiates, they had no choise in the matter, but to support the DNC. When is Florida going to learn?? It seems to me that Florida screws up the G.E. every election cycle. If you ask me, the way I look at it: they made their bed, so know they must sleep in it. Clinton and her DO-OVER's. Hell, I just her to release her taxes returns like every other American. Anyway, there should be no Mulligan for politices, sorry FL and MI, your elected leaders did this to you, so I have no compasion for them. Come the next local elections I would hold their butts accountable and vote their butts out of office for what they did to ya'll down there. Peace out everyone.
OBAMA 2008!

guess this is what MI and FL should have done in the first place and saved some money. DNC should not pay anything. the state's legilatures got them into this mess when they knew the rules and broke them.

Please redo and good bye OBAMA! Please go away!

This issue have been overflogged. The crux of the matter still lies in the fact that if Michigan and Florida delegates are seated, or there is a re-vote in any of these states, the DNC is setting a precedence that they will regret sometime in furure.

HRC is clamouring for a re-vote because she believes that she will win. Can someone remind her that she was part of the agreement to remove their name from the ballot of these states because of their disobedience to the DNC rules.

The world os watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, I just noticed you finally put Obama's name under the political ticker tag line at the top of the page. For weeks it has just been Hillary and McCain. Does that mean you are finally seeing him as a real contender? Or did you just accumulate enough stories on him to justify getting his own link. Just curious.

What a terrible waste of money and resources. In the end a revote is not going to much different than 50/50 split. Clinton will pick a few more in Florida and Obama in Michigan. Mark Shields on NPR had a great a suggestion, just split the delegates between the candidates and seat the delegates.

Anything else just draws time, resources and serves the interest of the Republicans. Split them, seat them and let's get to done.

Florida and Michigan delegates should be seated and included in the convention. They should NOT be allowed to decide the convention. That should be their penalty for breaking the rules. There should be no change in the number of delegates for either candidate after they are counted.

If re-votes are allowed in either Florida or Michigan, I think they states should still be stripped of their super-delegates.

I am all in favor of finding a way to let THE PEPOLES votes count, but the idiots in the party that caused this (Jennifer granholm, etc.) need to be punished. They new the consequences and went ahead with their schemes anyway.

To allow re-votes with no consequences at all would be a disaster for the DNC. I can't imagine the chaos four years from now.....

If this plan gets finalized, I'd expect you can see something similar for Florida.

With Obama on the ballot, Clinton will lose Michigan hard. When she was the only name on the ticket, 40% of the state didn't check her name... I think the fact that she did not do the honorable thing and remove her name will come back to haunt her.

With Florida, she's got that in the bag, but a revote in Florida will not be by so wide a margin as the initial vote, but rather by a margin more akin to Ohio, perhaps thinner.

The net results of any potential revote will be no real net gain on either side, and Clinton will remain as unviable as ever.

And why is the Democratic Party paying for this???...Michigan & Florida broke the rules...THAT SHOULD RULE THEM OUT!...And the voters of both states should take it up with their elected brainiacs who made the decision to break the rules...'Democratic Party'?...Where do they get the money from for this dangerous precedent????

Good, I didn't vote the first time because I knew it wouldn't count. Obama can count on my vote!!!

The democratic leaders of both Florida and Michigan were told that if they moved their primary up there delegates would not be seated. They went ahead and did it anyway, and now they want a do over? I see no need for another election, and certainly not one paid by the DNC. You have to live with your bad choices. Just ask Elliot Spitzer.

The voters of Michigan and Florida already voted. It is not their fault that the legislatures and Party officials made a mess of this. Unless, the original votes are counted, there is no way to make this right for the voters who went to the polls on the date and at the time they were asked to vote. Many voters will be disenfranchised unless the original votes are counted.

Some of them are likely to simply say, "Forget it, if they didn't want my vote then, why should I bother now?" I will say it again: the voters did nothing wrong! Why are they being punished because state and party officials want to play power games?

This has taken too long for the leaders of the democratic party to figure out and it will cost too much, but it must be done. If the democrats cannot manage a primary election, how can anyone trust them to manage the country.

WHY should the DNC pay for MI and FL's mess ups. You broke the rules and now you want them to pay to fix it? How ridiculous does that sound

This still disenfranchises those of us that voted in the Republican primary because we wanted our vote to matter. I'm an Obama supporter, but voted for McCain in the Republican primary because the thought of a Romney candidacy was too much to stomach and my "uncommitted" vote would be meaningless.

I realize that the primaries are not required to be fair, but with a two-party system the parties should be trying as hard as they can to have everyone's vote count. If Clinton wins the nomination without winning both the popular vote and the pledged delegate count, there will be outrage – and the Democrats will lose a generation that, even though it is young, has shown itself to be valuable for winning elections.

Is Michigan nuts? Why should the DNC reimburse them for their Governor's decision to change their primary date?

Why is the DNC footing the bill when they did NOT create this mess? How convenient for Gov. Granholm (clearly a Clinton supporter) to bill the DNC rather that HER state paying for the RE-VOTE!!

As a taxpayer, I don't feel I should HAVE to reimburse Michigan for anything. Governor Granholm SHOULD be held responsible and should FOOT THE BILL for her decision break the rules!!

I'm ALL for a RE-VOTE but I don't feel the DNC should PAY for it. Governor Granholm should foot the bill since it was SHE who made the decision to break the rules to begin with.

Michigan voters SHOULD be raising HELL with their Governor. It raises a BIG question as to WHY they are NOT doing so. It's their own Governor that silenced their voices!! Bottom line.

The notion that the DNC is at fault here is just mind-boggling. Why not blame everyone else as well? I mean give me break.

Right is RIGHT and Wrong is WRONG. Michigan's Governor needs to step up and do RIGHT by her residents and PAY for a re-vote!!!

End of story.

Michigan, unlike Ohio, will support Obama. Many Obama supporters did not vote at all the last time around so watch out Hillary. Be careful what you wish for.

Michigan for Obama

All this is doing is setting up every election year for the same garbage. I believe it's completely unfortunate that the votes would not count, however, the elected officials defiantly broke the rules. They must pay the consequences. As a child you are told, break the rules, suffer the consequences. You don't go into work 2 hours late every day only to get fired, and then the boss says, "You know what...actually, stick around, its ok." No, you get FIRED. There are no second chances.

Where was Hillary 4 to 5 months ago when the candidates agreed in unison that they would accept this punishment, because of the early votes. They all knew about it, Hillary didn't think she would come so close to losing and now she NEEDS every little bit she can get. You want to have a sob story and talk about being fair?? It's wrong to repeal this decision, although a revote would most likely favor Barack Obama.

It's still amazing how Clinton can claim to have "won" Michigan when she was the only major Dem candidate on the ballot!

Additionally, Michigan and Florida Dem leaders knew the ramifications of voting before their appointed time. Now a ton of money is going to be spent, money which could go to the general election, so their constituents can re-vote. Citizens in those states should really hold their "leaders" accountable for this blunder! They intentionally defied DNC leadership at the sake of voters. They never anticipated it would go south like this. Horrible!

All this and at the end of the day Obama and Clinton as still going to split FL and Michigan votes. Waste of time and money!

Obama '08

Sounds fair thier votes need to be counted!!!

The question that I've never heard asked is "why did Michigan and Florida choose to move their democratic primaries". What was the motivation? Didn't they understand the full effect of their decision? Who made the decision? Have they been held accountable for their judgement? (OK – maybe that's 5 questions.....)

This is not fair to the many registered independents in Michigan.

Good, I know many people who would have voted for Obama if his name was on the ballot. Obama will do well in Michigan especially with our unpopular govenor campaigning for Hillary.

Oh! Like people are going to be honest and state they are democrats and did not vote in the republican primary. The state of Michigan should have a democratic party affiliation list. The DNC must have one because they know how to call me in January and vote uncommitted for Obama!

As a Michigan voter, it seems like some sort of waste of money. Clinton only got 60% of the vote when she was the only option besides 'Uncommitted."

Why not seat our delegates at 50/50 and save millions?
It was our own state party, our own govenor, and our own legislature that tried breaking the rules to place us in a more prominent position for this primary.

Now – we will still get rewarded for trying to break the rules? Perhaps our politicians should learn what it means to play 'fair.' Or would that be asking too much of my own Govenor Granholm who supports a Clinton campaign bent on winning at all cost?

June 3rd?

Is this the GOP plan, or are the Dems really that stupid?

I would much rather Michigen vote then Florida. Michigen has a heavy AA and young vote population.

Never take responsibility for you actions, it's the progressive way..

This is all about preparing the country for a do-over if the Dems don't like the results of the General Election in November.

you know if they allow this to happen,it's gonna be kaos in 2012.every state is gonna be moving up there primarys.and it's all going to come back to this.nice way to be setting examples about "rules are made to be broken".what do you think the next generation is gonna take away from this??????????

It really sucks for the Democrats that voted in the Republican Primary because they knew thier vote wouldn't count.

How is it fair to my original candidate john edwards his message would have won michigan and completely changed the complexion of this race. If this is allowed we might as well start the whole process again. Michigan and Florida messed up. Take it up with your local democrats

Great news for both Hillary and Obama....

Dems can't expect to win in Nov. by "punishing" Mich voters when they had nothing to do with breaking DNC rules.

Hillary can now win Mich legitimately and increase her share of the popular vote.

Michigan being the last primary of the season will give her good momentum in talking to the superdelegates.

the national committees keep on declaring that states rights are most important when cutting at each others parties .. stATES RIGHTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN NATIONAL COMMTTEE RIGHTS.. in all cases . unlike at times federal laws need to be in place . but again this a group that thinks it rules the people not represents the populace

Perfect,

so now, if it can stop Hillary from saying that the results of the first Michigan primary were legitimate, it will bring back some reality in a campaign that had become delusional.

Why isn't CNN reporting on Obama's "spiritual advisor" and his anti-American, racist comments???

Anyone care to answer??? CNN???

Thought so. Your love for Obama is so blatant, it makes me ill.

If these states vote again, then in 2012, any state that wants to move their primary whenever they want can do so. If the DNC threatened not to seat their delegates, they can just say "Yeah, right" because a precedent will have been set in 2008. If the DNC forced the issue, the state could arguably sue because, again, a precedent will have been set in 2008.

The good part is that New Hampshire could actually be the last state on the schedule in 2012. No more ego trip for the Granite State.

Michigan says it takes shape... but, quickly realizes that it would fall apart after the Obama organizers realize that Republicans are going to turn out in droves to overwhelmingly support Hillary Clinton to skew the election and keep the Dems infigthing. Bias at it's best!
Meanwhile Mccain raises millions to point out how the Dems are just vieing for control and political power and that their own political prestige is more important that simply leaving what is done at bay, whereeby they should just change the DNC ruling to reflect the current circumstances.
If the Hillary + Obama ticket were going to be a "Dream Team" ticket for the Dems then I think that idea is all but dead after the turnout of this biased and yet another botched/rigged election quagmire.

The results should be honored or a new primary has to take place in Michigan. In Florida, the results must be honored, since every candidate was in the ballot. Moreover, Obama campaigned through tv ads in FLA violating the agreement to not campaign in those states.

He had his chance, but people chose Hillary.

Good news

MICHIGAN & FLORIDA say once again to, loud and clear :

HILLARY- President of The United States of America!

Wow...what a precedent this is setting. I'm glad my parents never backed down on what they said.

June ? I hope the Obama camp realizes that this would not be good for them. The majority of their supporters are college students who will be away for summer vacation. May would not be good either as that is exam season either way a revote would not be good for the Obama camp..

Good, Michigan should hold a revote. Florida's primary result should be accepted as they stand. All candidates were on the ballot, none (except Sentor Obama) campaigned there. Just seat the delegates. And CNN, where is the headline on this ticker with regard to Rev J Wright, Senator Obama's spiritual adviser and mentor? People have a right to know who has been influencing Senator Obama for the past 20 years.

This is a step in the right direction, but Florida will be more difficult to solve because of laws on the books that are preventing a realistic solution. It appears unlikely that the Republicans in the Florida legislature or the Republican Governor will take the necessary steps to allow a re-do in Florida. The DNC risks alienating the Democrats in Florida if they don't find a solution. This is exactly what the Republicans want, because they believe disenfrancised Floridians will stay home in November giving Florida to John McCain and giving the Republicans the White House. If this is where our Democracy is headed, I think I need to look into a deserted island for my retirement.

If CNN would ever actually do fair reporting, I think you will find that a re-vote won't be needed once the public learns of Obama's mentor, Rev. Wright. What gives CNN? Afraid of a little fair treatment of Obama instead of all your Hillary bashing?

How can Obama's camp and Obama talk about racist remarks.

Obama has attended Rev. Wright's church for more then 20 years. Obama's mentor, teacher, pastor is racist and filled with hate. Michelle and Obama are a product of there church.

Don't you think this pastor has had any influence on Obama for the past 20 years.

We are about to elect the next President of the U.S.A. Is there anyone
here that can honestly say they would want to take that kind of risk.

I would like to know why CNN has basically pushed this hot issue of
Obama's pastor under the carpet. Yet bashing after bashing of Hillary?

Democratic Party has to show the nation, how can such problem be solved. Both Clinton and Barack have to show the nation, they can work together and she/he can unit the party.

One of the options that I could propose if split the delegate count into 60% to 40%, i.e. the first primary weight 60% and the second primary weight 40% since some 40 percent of Michigan Democrats filed ballots declaring themselves "uncommitted" in the first primary.

I am so happy to hear that our votes will count in Michigan. It is so important for Michigan to be a part of this historic election, I along with so many others are looking forward to vote again. Re-doing this Primary is the fair thing to do for every one involved. Our voices will be heard!!

Donna R. MI

Just how is it that the DNC (or RNC) has the power to render a vote invalid? Perhaps it is better if we all become Independents and vote however we want to.

The control vested in party leaders is scarey, if you think about it. What kind of democracy is that anyway?

Would the revote be fair to candidates that have dropped out?
For instance, John edward. The Michigan' outcoume could have changed the course of his campain.

If we redo Michigan, does that give Edward a reason to file suit and ask that the whole primrary be started from zero? He would have all the reasons to do so because he could have won Michigan if he actively campained there. It is a very blue colar State.

To avoid any lawsuit, I think we should just forget the revote option. Maybe do like the republicans did. Slash the delegates in half and then distribute. That way, delegates are seated and the rules are enforced.

A strickly democrats only primary, what a novel idea. All states should be like that. California is also a straight party vote. We may be on to something, no more crossover votes to screw with the voice of democrats. Now, if caucus were eliminated which allow a few thousand voters to decide for the whole state. We just might have a fair election?

CNN – Where's the story on Obama's Pastor? You're all over the Ferraro story. What gives? Afraid this story could derail Obama's campaign?

So we dont follow rules?? Will clinton manage to steal this election? i can not believe she can get away with it, and with the big stamp of the DNC.
well, more and more of us will vote Republican..............that is what is happening,
the Republicans had their work done by Hillary and Bill.............nice going..

Good! republican will be disppointed! they can't mess up our Democratic primary . maybe Clinton disppointed too?

I think that this is a good proposal. If the campaigns could put up some of the money as well, that would be even better. In the rush to be first, Michigan (and Florida) ignored the rules and had no regards for the possible actions afterward. I hope that this teaches all the states to understand the rules that the parties have for their nomination contests.

Besides, moving all of these contests closer to the beginning of the year only forces people to make up their mind too early. Let the press and the campaigns get out their information and their secrets. I hope that it would weed out some of the lessor candidates without them being on a debate.

This sickens me to no end! I suggest every state break the rules from now on. Forget it! What is the incentive to follow rules?

It is unbelievable the fawning CNN is doing for Barack. It is not covering Barack Obama's racist pastor. Barack gave this man $22,500 in 2006 so this bigot could spew his hatred against white, jews, and Americans. For CNN to only go after Geraldine Ferraro, and to not cover Barack Obama's spiritual advisor is censorship. This nonsense is why Americans think the media is bias. Let us remember that Obama took his children to this church, so hate filled, so ugly, so racist. This says alot about Barack Obama's judgment.

Yeah!

Go Obama '08! Let's see how Michigan votes when there is a real campaign.

With college students out of school by June 3rd., it hardly seems fair to the Obama camp. Why not do it now?

The only fair thing to do is to re-seat the delegates and hold re-elections in both Florida and Michigan. No one should be opposed to a re-vote. I like the requirement to verify that a person did not vote in the Republican election in January. This will help to weed out "party posers'. Also, the people who did not bother to vote because they were aware it would not be counted, will now have their say.

I think the major worry for the Clinton camp in this re-vote is the fear of losing voters who have since had a change of heart. It can only help the Obama camp. Hillary would have to beat him by a MAJOR percentage in order to take the lead. Either way, it has to be done.

This is great news! Obama will certainly win in Michigan!!

Go Barack

I wonder what "certify"ing that they did not vote Republican means. Is there really any enforceable way to ensure that Republicans don't come out in full force and vote Hillary, just to mess things up (and because they know she's McCain's best shot to win)

We can only hope that Florida and Michigan's acts of civil disobedience to the party establishment can in the future break the small states of IA, NH, SC, and NV's hold on the elections.

It's ridiculous to give four small population states that much power over who the nominees are.

I'm one Obama supporter behind this agreement. let the voters get their say.

This is unfair to the states that obeyed the rules!
You break the rules, you pay the price.... next time OBEY the rules!!!