Michigan Do-Over Appears To Be Out of the Question

By DAWSON BELL • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • March 20, 2008 (DETROIT FREE PRESS) Freep.com
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LANSING — The Detroit Free Press is reporting...The huffing and puffing is over: Michigan Democrats dropped plans Thursday for a June 3 do-over presidential primary, conceding it had no chance of winning approval in the state Legislature.
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The decision leaves unresolved for the foreseeable future the question of what role, if any, Michigan Democrat delegates will play in selecting the party’s nominee.

The remaining options — chief among them holding some form of party caucus election or challenging a national party decision to take away Michigan’s delegates to the nominating convention — have drawbacks of their own.

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The Associated Press reported that Obama was questioned at a campaign stop Thursday in Charleston, W.Va., by Jeff Lynch, 48, of Mount Pleasant.

“When am I going to get to vote for you in Michigan?” Lynch asked.

“Probably in the general election,” Obama replied. “A redo vote is very complicated.”