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It seems that Michigan is close to deciding on a re-vote that will take place in June. The DNC is in favor of the plan and Clinton surely would be also.

The question is why should the Obama be in favor.

First, Michigan state law says those who’ve voted in the Republican primary from voting in the re-vote and “about 32% of the those who vote in the GOP primary, according to the exit polls, were Democrats or independents. It’s a fair bet that many of them were Obama supporters, as he was not on the original Michigan ballot.”

Second, by agreeing to the re-vote Obama would mean that the race would definitely lasts until June. Clinton first said the race would be over by February 5th. After she failed to meet expectations, her campaign then said that Ohio and Texas was do or die. After that contest, the new firewall is Pennsylvania. If Michigan held a re-vote in June, Clinton would then assuredly hold out until then.

If his back is against the wall then Obama would have to be for a re-vote. There would be no good outcome of Obama standing in the way of a re-vote and it would hurt his chances in the state in the general.

A better compromise for Obama would be to split the Michigan delegates in half and then seat Florida existing delegates, with each having half a vote.

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