Michigan and Florida: Key to the Nomination

The Democratic nomination for President is turning out to be more interesting than a debate featuring the eccentric Mike Gravel. While Gravel's chances of becoming President are slimmer than the odds John Kerry actually makes up his mind, the same cannot be said for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. With Clinton trailing Obama by a slim margin in the delegate count, people are beginning to wonder what will be done with the delegates that were not awarded during the original Michigan and Florida primaries. Due to the impatience of the state governments in both states, both primaries were moved up and the DNC stripped both states of their delegates. Now, as the delegates from both states appear to be crucial in deciding the Democratic nominee, what will be done? The first option is redo the primaries and redistribute the delegates using the new results. However, it will cost a whopping 30 million dollars to fund the new primaries and nobody seems too eager to cover the cost. The second option would be of course to split the delegates 50/50. This is definitely something neither candidate is really open to at the moment. With time counting down and a nomination announcement perhaps only a few months away, it should be interesting to see how it all unfolds.