7th
Opinion: Michiganders need to suck it up. No new primary.
MoveOn.org:
The Michigan Democratic Party broke the national Democratic Party’s election rules when they held their primary to select Michigan delegates ahead of most other states. As a result, Hillary Clinton was the only major candidate on the ballot, and Michigan was stripped of its delegates to the national convention.
Hillary Clinton won, and now her campaign is arguing that the results should count in the national primary contest. Meanwhile, Governor Granholm has proposed holding a new primary so both candidates can campaign in Michigan, and Howard Dean has encouraged the state to hold a new primary or caucus. Can you answer our quick question below?
Michigan’s Democratic leaders made their choice. Now they have to live with it. To change the Michigan primary at this point would only further the Republican notion of Democrats as gutless wafflers. Michigan Democratic Party leaders should all be fired for disenfranchising most of their constituents. They should not get a second chance. Also, Obama wasn’t even on the ballot, so most of my family didn’t vote or voted Republican instead Hillary’s “win” in Michigan wasn’t one at all.