Top Michigan Democrats suggest splitting delegates
04.29.08 -- 4:39 PM
Michigan Democrats working to get the state's delegates seated at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday suggested splitting them 69-59 between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
The Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan of its 128 delegates for holding its presidential primary too early in the year.
Clinton has argued that she should get 73 delegates based on the results of the Jan. 15 primary, which she won - 18 more than Obama.
Obama, who removed his name from the ballot, wants the 128 pledged delegates split evenly, 64-64.
The compromise, suggested Tuesday in a letter to Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer, fell halfway between the two proposals.
The DNC stripped Florida and Michigan of their convention delegates - 366 in all, including pledged delegates and superdelegates - for holding their primaries too early in the nominating process, which violated party rules
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