Hillary Gets Michigan Delegates
Big surprise? Nope, business as usual in the Democratic Party. Hillary will get 73 pledged delegates:
The state also has 28 superdelegates, many of whom have not endorsed a favorite candidate, for a total of 156.
Michigan has been stripped of its delegates for moving up its primary, but party leaders expect the delegates to be seated at the national convention.
However, that outlook contradicts a statement released Friday evening by the Democratic National Committee.
“Contrary to published reports, there were no delegates at stake during the Michigan primary on January 15 and, accordingly, the state party has no delegates to allocate,” the statement said.
Eighty-three of the pledged delegates will be elected at district conventions on March 29. The remaining 45 pledged delegates will be elected at a Democratic State Central Committee meeting on May 17 in Grand Rapids.
The state also has 21 pledged alternates and 18 committee members, who hope to attend the Aug. 25-28 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo.
The Democratic National Committee is asking Michigan and Florida ” which was stripped of its delegates after moving its primary to Jan. 29 ” to consider holding another primary contest such as a caucus that meets DNC rules so their delegates can be seated at the convention.
That looks unlikely. Florida Democratic Party officials said earlier this week they don’t intend to hold another election, and one of Michigan’s U.S. senators said Friday that he doesn’t expect his state to hold another contest, either.
“I don’t see a practical way to hold a caucus in Michigan,” Sen. Carl Levin of Detroit said in a statement. “Given that 600,000 Michigan voters participated in a primary that was held in accordance with Michigan law, it seems to me that it would not be practical or fair to throw out the results of that election.”
I can’t even believe that they would ask Michigan to hold a caucus! Democratic Governor Granholm has made sure that we are broke, with no pot of gold to look forward to…We spent $10 million on an election we were told did not count.
Captain Ed has more as does Memeorandum
