Michigan Democrats To Pick Delegates Despite DNC Punishment

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats will begin picking their national convention delegates Saturday even though the state has been stripped of its delegates by the Democratic National Committee.

Party members plan to elect 83 delegates and 15 alternates at 15 district conventions around the state. Delegates will be allocated according to the results of the Jan. 15 presidential primary, which New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won.

More delegates and alternates will be chosen in May. Michigan has a total of 128 pledged delegates and 28 superdelegates who aren't pledged to a particular candidate.

Michigan Democrats are moving forward even though they and Florida Democrats were penalized by the DNC after they broke party rules by holding presidential primaries in January.

Both states are working with the DNC and the campaigns of Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to try to get their delegates seated at the Aug. 25-28 Democratic National Convention in Denver. So far, no agreement has been reached, but Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer remains optimistic.

"We continue to talk to the campaigns and to the DNC," he said. "We're not going to give up until this problem is fixed."

The 15 congressional district meetings could get raucous. Obama, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and two other candidates pulled their names from the ballot, forcing their supporters to vote for Uncommitted.

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http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/politics-1/1208383805276420.xml&storylist=michigannews

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1. everything is coming into place

more super delegates, settling of MI issue.
Public outrage at ABC.
More endorsements from senior dems....

Good!



"When we look at Obama, we see who we want to be.
When we look at Clinton, we see who we are. And we're douchebags."