Clinton and Obama Split Over Florida and Michigan - New York Times

There seems to be a divergence of opinion on what to do do with Florida and Michigan between the campaigns.

Basically, the preferred solution for the Clinton Campaign is to seat them as is, with a revote being second, while the Obama Campaign, favors (in no particular order), not seating the delegates, splitting the delegates 50/50, or holding a caucus.

Not surprising, they both chose alternatives which they believe benefit them most.

A mail revote is eminently doable, and has the advantage of keeping the troublemaker Republicans in Michigan who vote for the weakest candidate, because mail only goes to registered Democrats.

The time frame is doable too. 3 weeks to get the money, 3 weeks to do the printing and mailing.

Total costs would likely be in the high single digit million dollar range.

There is only one that I find truly offensive, and it's not refusing the delegates seating. After all, rules are rules, and the legislators in FL and MI knew what they were getting into when they voted for this.^*

It's the 50/50 split. The idea behind this, and the person putting this forward is Chris Dodd, not the Obama campaign, is that the will of the voter does not matter (that is that the 50/50 vote split means), but that the political movers and shakers get to hobnob as delegates at the convention.

It means no democracy, but lots of corrupt patronage.

^*Truth be told, I have a little sympathy for the Florida Legislators. They had the date move attached to paper trails on ballots, which needs to be done in a state like Florida.