Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson and Joe Biden filed paperwork today to have their names removed from the primary ballot in Michigan. Now I have read and heard people on both sides of this issue. But the way I see it is that moving our primary has only hurt our state in relevance to the election. If the MDP goes through with the primary, it really amounts to a beauty contest for Senator Clinton (as Dodd is the only other candidate staying on the ballot). We also risk the chance of losing our delegates to the National Convention. Don't get me wrong...I do not think Iowa and New Hampshire fully represent the nation in regards to it's demographics and have an unfair leverage on the nominee process. But the problem instead is that the entire system is broken. A parliamentary system would work so much better, and would make candidates work harder for our votes and run more on issues. That's just my take....talk amongst yourselves.
Update: Kucinich withdraws as well.
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There was a primary agreement brokered by the Democratic Party. Everyone agreed to it, except New Hampshire. Michigan would have honored this agreement if New Hampshire would have. The national party should be ashamed for letting NH off the hook, but cracking down on MI.
We need to fix the primary process. The party needs to address this rather than playing silly games that endangers a Democrat making it to the White House.
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