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Some of the campaign and political news making headlines this morning:
• USA TODAY — Dems say it would be unfair for Clinton to win thanks to super delegates: "A majority of Democratic voters (55%) say it would be unfair for Hillary Rodham Clinton to win the presidential nomination through the support of ’super delegates’ if she lags among the convention delegates elected in primaries and caucuses, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. If that happens, one in five say they wouldn’t vote for the New York senator in the general election." Related post from yesterday: Both Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama are slightly ahead of Republican Sen. John McCain, but neither has a lead wider than the margin of error.
• The St. Petersburg Times — "Backroom dealmaking" is the only way Florida Dems will get to participate: Because the Florida Democratic Party has given up trying to hold another presidential primary, "any hope for allowing Florida to participate in the hotly contested nominating fight between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama lies with backroom dealmaking and the willingness of the major stakeholders, particularly the candidates, to find a solution."
Related story in the Detroit Free Press — Legislators start considering plan for new primary in Michigan: "Legislative leaders got their first look Monday at a draft bill that could be taken up as early as today ordering a second Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on June 3. The primary would be paid for with money that would be raised privately by the party. Democratic Party leaders who developed the plan, which also would move scheduled school elections from May 5 to the primary date, back it as a way out of the impasse between the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over the legitimacy of the state’s Jan. 15 election, which was held in violation of national party rules."

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