There are reports today that the Michigan revote is dead, and Obama's Michigan co-chair is saying that the votes aren't there in the state legislature to get a revote proposal passed.

But oddly enough, I'm told that private conversations are continuing right now between officials at the Democratic National Committee, the Michigan Democratic party, and the Hillary and Obama campaigns over ways to salvage some kind of last minute solution. Elizabeth Kerr, the spokesperson for the Michigan Dems, emails me:

I can confirm that discussion are ongoing with the DNC and both campaigns but cannot comment on the substance of those negotiations.

There's nothing in the Detroit News on the revote being dead, and the paper is reporting that several influential Michigan political players -- Senator Carl Levin, UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger and Democratic National Committeewoman Debbie Dingell -- are still gearing up to push the legislature one more time.

As best as I can understand it from talking to Michigan insiders, there's a sense that if a solution is agreed upon that Obama can support, then the situation in the state legislature could conceivably shift and it could conceivably pass. But it remains a long shot. There are no indications that Obama will shift his stance, and one aide to a Republican state senator put the chances of a revote happening at "two percent."

I'm trying to determine what's going on in the discussions and will keep you posted.