Posted on 11/27/2007 11:33:15 AM PST by jdm
Great catch! Handing all the Michigan (and Florida) delegates to Hillary is the other reason this defrockin’ was done.
The state Senate on Tuesday refused to take up legislation that would have restored the names of four Democratic presidential candidates to the ballot who withdrew earlier from the primary... Some labor groups that support candidate John Edwards have tried blocking the bill putting the candidates back on the ballot because they still favor a caucus, even though a caucus is very unlikely at this point... Edwards, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson last month pulled their names from the ballot because the state violated Democratic National Committee rules by moving up its election... Democrats had their chance earlier this month to approve the legislation restoring the names of the candidates to the ballot. Both the House and Senate in recent weeks passed the bill, but supporters failed to produce the two-thirds vote needed in each chamber to put the law into effect in time for the election. That leaves voters a choice of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd or Mike Gravel on the Democratic ballot, while all the Republican candidates are on the GOP ballot... some of the Democratic candidates threatened to sue if their names were restored to the ballot... All eight Democratic candidates have agreed not to campaign in Michigan and Florida because they broke DNC rules by moving their primaries ahead of Feb. 5. The Republican presidential candidates all participated in a presidential debate in Dearborn last month and some have campaigned here more often.
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