Fairly big news over the weekend...
The Democratic National Committee, which oversees the Democratic Party, met in Washington today to discuss what to do with the states of Michigan and Florida. Democrats in Michigan and Florida held early primaries that were unsanctioned by the party and so their results did not count.
No candidate competed in either state and Senator Barack Obama's name was not on the ballot in Michigan. Senator Hillary Clinton won both contests and she wanted the results to stand which would bring her closer to Senator Obama in the popular vote and delegate totals.
Meeting today in Washington, the committee agreed to give each state's delegates a half-vote because neither campaign could force through the changes they wanted. The meeting was tense and often confrontational. It put Senator Obama ever closer to gaining the magic number (whatever that may be now) of delegates to claim the prize. He, according to one count, is only 66 delegates short.
Senator Clinton's campaign may still take the matter to the convention as her supporters were not pleased with the outcome. But then nobody thought anyone would.
In other news, Senator Obama says he will resign from the Trinity United Church in Chicago after another firey sermon from the church's pulpit. In this one, Father Michael Pfleger ridiculed Senator Clinton and that dredged up the incindiery sermons of Jeremiah Wright which ignited the entire controversy.
This move may have been overdue for Obama who now wants to put the entire episode behind him as he moves in for the nomination.
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