Clinton's Michigan Co-Chair: Revote Probably Wouldn't Affect the Race that Much

I wonder if this is a stalling tactic?? And there is another article whereby the Clinton campaign tried to get George Soros to help fund a Michigan election and Soros said no because it will delay getting a Dem nominee - I'll post it separately.



Below is the article about the Clinton aid agreeing that the Michigan revote won't make a difference:

One of Hillary's most important supporters in Michigan, former Governor Jim Blanchard, went way off message in a conversation with me moments ago, saying that even if a revote were held in the state, it would likely be so close that it wouldn't make much of a material difference in the delegate count.

"I think if we had a vote in Michigan, it could easily be close," Blanchard told me. "The amount of delegates wouldn't make much difference."

Blanchard's claim is significant, since the Hillary campaign points to a revote in Michigan as one of their key routes towards closing the delegate gap.

Blanchard made the comments in the context of a conversation about the Obama camp's posture towards a revote, suggesting that the Obama campaign's hesitancy over it was surprising, since (in his estimation) it probably wouldn't affect the race's overall outcome that much.

Blanchard also made something of an inflammatory accusation, saying that Obama's two Michigan co-chairs -- state senators Tupac Hunter and Buzz Thomas -- were deliberately slowing the progress of the revote in the Michigan legislature at the direction of Obama national headquarters.

Hunter has said he has concerns about the logistics of the current revote plan, and earlier today the news broke that it didn't have the support in the state legislature it needs to pass. Blanchard suggested that the opposition was being orchestrated by the Obama campaign via the two state senators.

"They're very talented state senators; they're obviously operating under instructions to prevent a vote," Blanchard said. "Preventing a vote is a huge mistake winning in the fall. I hope they reconsider."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/hillarys_michigan_cochair_revo.php


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