Will they allocate Michigans “uncommitted” delegates to Mr Obama?
Mr Obama was not the only candidate to have removed his name from the Michigan ballot, and the intentions of the “uncommitted” voters are now impossible to determine – they could have been supporting a candidate other than Mr Obama. But given that two of the three other candidates who removed their names from the ballot have now endorsed Mr Obama, little protest is likely if the “uncommitted” delegates are allocated to Mr Obama. Mrs Clinton has raised no objection. What compromise options could the committee consider? In Michigan, the Obama campaign is calling for the delegates to be split 50-50 between the two candidates, while the Clinton campaign is seeking to distribute the delegates 73-55. One compromise suggestion has been to split the difference between these two positions, and allocate 69 delegates to Mrs Clinton and 59 to Mr Obama. It has also been suggested that both states’ delegations should be seated at half strength – either by making each delegate’s vote count as a half,
