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Obama Campaign Has Yet To Sign Off On Michigan Revote, Leaving Plan In Limbo

Last week we reported here that a compromise on a redo primary in Michigan was looking more likely.

But now it looks as if the plan's in limbo -- because the Obama campaign and its Michigan co-chair have yet to sign off on the plan. The Detroit News has the latest...

State lawmakers looking at a Democratic presidential primary redo in Michigan appear to be locked in a standoff heading into a crucial week: Legislative leaders say the U.S. Sen. Barack Obama camp needs to agree to the repeat election before legislation is written, and Obama supporters say they must see the bill before signing off on the plan.

Whether Michigan has a do-over primary in June depends on resolving that issue.

State Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, said Sunday that allies of U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are bent on a do-over primary to enable their candidate to try to pull up to Obama in the presidential race. Hunter said he won't sign off on a repeat election unless he sees detailed legislation answering his concerns...

Hunter added that he isn't absolutely opposed to a proposed do-over contest in Michigan.

But he wants to see the money to pay for it up front and won't agree to legislation "with a promise from governors who are Clinton supporters that they'll raise the money at some point and meanwhile Michigan taxpayers have to put the money out first. The money has to be in the treasury first. That's just fiscally prudent."

The trouble is that this might not be possible, given the timing. And Clinton supporters in Michigan are arguing that legislative leaders won't spend time working out those details in the first place without a preliminary nod of approval from the Obama camp -- leading Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer to allege that the Obama camp is "blocking the people of Michigan from being able to vote."

But the Obama campaign denies that it's raising procedural objections in order to stop the revote from happening.


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