The Democrats have reached a compromise, giving Florida and Michigan half votes and splitting the Michigan delegation 69-59 in favour of Clinton. Immediately, some Clinton supporters and organizers have begun to raise the spectre of a challenge to this ruling at the convention – presumably to get an extra 4 half votes out of Michigan, which would cut Obama’s lead from 174 to 172. With the primary calender wrapping up this week and most super delegates likely to make their choice public soon afterwards, I suspect this is more for show from the Clinton campaign and we’ll soon see some sort of recognition on her part that Obama will be the nominee.
Or maybe not.
Regardless, here’s a great SNL video: