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Report: Obama's Michigan Campaign Co-Chair Says Obama Campaign Opposes Any Revote

Not sure what to make of this. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe has repeatedly said in conference calls that the Obama camp's position on revotes in Michigan and Florida is that it will abide with whatever compromise the Democratic National Committee works out with the state parties.

But Obama's campaign co-chair in Michigan, Tupac Hunter, is now saying that the Obama campaign won't accept any revote, according to a new report. Check out this nugget in the Detroit News...

State Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, said a mail-in caucus "is clearly the wrong path.

"We don't like it one bit," Hunter said. "It disenfranchises people who need to participate and there are many questions with regard to security."

Hunter said the Obama campaign will accept nothing but a 50-50 split of Michigan delegates between Clinton and Obama, who removed his name from the January ballot here in protest of the early date.

"Nothing but a 50-50 split of Michigan delegates" seems to mean no revote of any kind, obviously. What Plouffe says clearly trumps what the Detroit official says, and this isn't a direct quote. Nonetheless, the Detroit News seems pretty definitive here. If nothing else, this is another sign of just how complicated and in flux the situation is and how many players there are at the local and national level to get on the same page.

I'm told that Hunter and Obama's other Michigan co-chair are giving a presser today in Michigan to address this, so we'll find out from them directly what they have to say.

Late Update: This is getting more curious. Ben Smith quotes Obama today at a presser saying the following about this:

"My bottom line is I do want to make sure that both the Florida and the Michigan delegations have an opportunity to participate in the convention," Obama said.

As Ben notes: "What's striking there is that he didn't say he wanted to votes to be counted or the voters to express their wills. And focusing on the rights of delegates matches the stance" that his Michigan chair took here.

Late Late Update: An Obama spokesperson tells Ben that he was reading too much into Obama's words.


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