I participate in Democratic politics and among Democratic activists in our county it would have been hard to find an Obama supporter.  It was mostly a split between Edwards and Clinton.

The only concern would be Wayne County but that could be offset by Oakland and Macomb Edwards supporters going for Clinton just as this Edwards supporter will vote for Clinton.  Clinton should emphasize Obama's perfidious stand for NAFTA.

People should note that prominent Clinton supporters Jon Corzine and Ed Rendell have agreed that seating the FL and MI delegations based on the Jan. vote would be unfair to Obama:

We're not suggesting, as our colleagues Jennifer Granholm of Michigan and Charlie Crist of Florida would prefer, that the results of the previous nominating contests in those states be honored. Just as there is nothing fair in disenfranchising voters for decisions they did not make, there is nothing fair or democratic about seating delegates elected in states that were not honestly contested or where all of the candidates were not even on the ballot.

Obama said back whatever play the DNC approved. Presumably, the DNC will back the Michigan redo, as will Obama. No inconsistency that I can see.

michigan and washington held a caucus on feb seven.

levin, wrote this letter to dean on twenty seven feb two thousand three:

Dear Governor Dean,

The Michigan Democratic Party will soon be considering a proposal to set the date of our presidential delegate selection caucuses on the same date in 2004 that New Hampshire schedules its presidential primary.

        Since 1980, the Democratic National Committee has established a window within which delegate selection contests are required to take place.  Those same rules, however, have allowed New Hampshire and Iowa to hold their contests before that window, distorting our nominating process by giving these two states disproportionate impact and making the delegate selection contests in other states less meaningful and in some cases irrelevant.

        Many Democrats have long felt that our national party's presidential nominating process unfairly and disproportionately advantages New Hampshire and Iowa and the issues these two states care about to the prejudice of other states.  We have urged the DNC to eliminate the privileged status of these two states, but our recommendation has not been adopted.

        We understand the consequences of scheduling our delegate selection caucuses outside the window of February 3 - June 3, 2004, established for all states except New Hampshire and Iowa.  If we schedule our caucuses outside of this window, we will be fully prepared to defend our position at the Democratic Convention in Boston next year.