The Rules Committee has several options. The fairest would be to allocate those 57 pledged delegates, to Clinton and Obama by the same ratio of their standing to one another in the average of the most recent Michigan statewide polls prior to the Jan. 15 primary. Or perhaps one Solomonic compromise, more generous to Obama than to Clinton, would be to divide the remaining delegates approximately 50-50 between the two of them, 28-27 (giving Clinton the extra delegate since she led in all the latest statewide polls prior to Jan. 15).
The Michigan solution is very simple to me: Seat all of the delegates, give those committed to Clinton her share and leave the rest uncommitted, just as they were on the ballot. None would go to Obama since his name was not on the ballot, but if they wanted, the uncommitted delegates could choose him at the convention.
It's very simple. But ALL of the delegates MUST be seated.
Why is that so hard to understand?
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