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Florida, Michigan Cannot Save Clinton


Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.
Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario. Her position, part of a formidable comeback challenge, is that all the delegates be seated in accordance with their disputed primaries.
Even if they were, it wouldn't erase Barack Obama's growing lead in delegates.
The Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee, a 30-member panel charged with interpreting and enforcing party rules, is to meet May 31 to consider how to handle Michigan and Florida's 368 delegates both pledged delegates and superdelegates.
Last year, the panel imposed the harshest...
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7.4.08 - Updated 9:36am ET
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