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Democratic National Committee Gives Blessing To Michigan Re-vote
By Greg Sargent - March 19, 2008, 10:14AM

The DNC, whose role in the fight over the Michigan revote has been largely a behind-the-scenes one, goes public this morning with its blessing for the current revote plan:

We have recently been asked whether the legislation as proposed by Michigan would fit within the framework of the National Party’s Delegate Selection Rules. Our review of this legislation indicates that it would, in fact, fit within the framework of the Rules if, it were, passed by the state legislature and used by the Michigan State Democratic Party as the basis of drafting a formal Delegate Selection Plan. If a formal Delegate Selection Plan is received we will convene a meeting of the RBC to consider such a Plan.

The DNC's statement would seem to put pressure on the Obama camp to get behind the plan.

What's unclear as of yet is whether DNC chair Howard Dean did anything behind the scenes to push the Obama camp to get behind the revote, something that top Hillary donors were demanding that Dean do.

Either way, if there isn't any agreement before the Michigan state legislature goes on recess later this week, the revote won't happen.

The DNC's formal blessing for the plan has also provoked a blistering attack from the Clinton camp on Obama, with the Hillary campaign pointing out that Obama had previously said he'd be fine with a revote if both campaigns had time to weigh in on it and the DNC signed off, which it has now done.