Ron Paul supporters are nothing if not passionate, and they’ve pushed his book to the top spot on the biggest online retail site in the world.
From CNN:
“The Revolution: A Manifesto”, released earlier this month, is currently No. 1 on the Web site’s list of top sellers, besting even Oprah’s latest Book Club selection.
“Despite a media [...]

This from Clinton’s ironically titled “The Fact Hub” blog:
After last night’s decisive victory in Pennsylvania, more people have voted for Hillary than any other candidate, including Sen. Obama.
Estimates vary slightly, but according to Real Clear Politics, Hillary has received 15,095,663 votes to Sen. Obama’s 14,973,720, a margin of more than 120,000 votes. ABC News reported [...]

You probably already know this, but there will be no revote in Michigan and the Governor ain’t happy.
Honestly, I had hoped they wouldn’t revote, given how clear the DNC’s punishment was, but I was willing to see them just do it to get it over with. Glad to see the Michigan legislature basically uphold the [...]

Chris Beam explained the stalemate yesterday:
Clinton has long insisted that failing to seat Michigan’s delegates would be equal to disenfranchising voters. (That is, after initially agreeing that Michigan wouldn’t count.) Today, she even lumped Michigan’s revote in with the “long struggle” of “women, African-Americans, Latinos and others” to “get to the point where barriers have [...]

It’s on, it’s off, it’s on, it’s off, George Soros may be funding it, the Obama camp is playing coy with whether or not they’ll do it, the Michigan legislature can’t seem to agree, the Michigan legislature can seem to agree….and this has happened in the past three days!
But now the DNC has agreed to [...]

Many thought this was going to happen, but it’s running into the same internal opposition that the scuttled the Florida plan.
From Politico:
Michigan sources say a State Senate Democratic Caucus meeting that just ended left the state no closer to a re-vote.
“An overwhelming number of members had concerns and unreadiness to go this route,” State Senator [...]

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TIME has the details…

Florida’s existing delegates would be seated at the Denver convention—but with half a vote each. That would give Clinton a net gain of about 19 elected delegates.
The two states’ superdelegates would then be able to vote in Denver, likely netting Clinton a few more delegates.

The betting: Florida and Michigan delegates, the DNC, [...]

That’s the word from the DNC.
From The New Republic:
A member of the DNC’s Rules And Bylaws Committee–the committee that stripped Florida and Michigan of its delegates for moving their primaries before February 5th–told me that Michigan plans to get out of its uncounted delegate problem by announcing a new caucus in the next few days.
“They [...]

Looks like do-overs could be in the offing, but only if the states will cooperate.
From AP:
DNC Chairman Howard Dean issued a statement Wednesday that seemed to leave the matter for the states to resolve.
Dean said Michigan and Florida have two options: either submit a new plan for a process for choosing their convention delegates, or [...]

Good luck with that…
From TPM:
Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) seems to be backing away from a trial balloon that he would support a new Democratic primary in Florida — and he’s joined by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) in standing firm on the January rogue primaries.
Crist and Granholm have put out a joint statement demanding that [...]

Quixotic or shrewd?
From TPM:
In a strongly-worded interview with Texas Monthly, Hillary leaves very little doubt that the campaign is preparing to get serious about getting the Florida and Michigan delegations seated.
“The people of those two states disregarded adamantly the DNC’s decision that they would not seat the delegates. They came out and voted,” Hillary told [...]

Harold Ickes, a guy who voted to strip Michigan and Florida of their delegates, is now arguing they should be seated at the convention. Of course he’s part of the Clinton campaign.
What’s wrong with these people?:
In a conference call Saturday, the longtime Democratic Party member contended the DNC should reconsider its tough sanctions on the [...]

I’m fine with that, as long as they seat the delegates in an even split between the two nominees so the votes don’t mean anything. Otherwise, it’s a no go. Not when those states didn’t have real contests. It doesn’t work that way, and anybody suggesting otherwise doesn’t have their head screwed on straight.
But here’s [...]

So the DNC yanked the delegates from these states because they moved their primaries up and now the Clintons are trying to get those delegates to count again?
First, their statement…
I hear all the time from people in Florida and Michigan that they want their voices heard in selecting the Democratic nominee.
I believe our nominee will [...]

I told you so…
(CNN) — Hillary Clinton’s campaign said Michigan’s Democratic primary vote for the New York senator sent a clear message — despite the fact that she was the only major presidential candidate on the ballot.
“Tonight Michigan Democrats spoke loudly for a new beginning,” said campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle in a statement sent [...]

Looks like he’ll pull 39% to McCain’s 30%. Huckabee pulled in a relatively strong 3rd at 16% considering the lack of evangelical support in Michigan. Ron Paul is pulling in 4th right now with 6%, with Thompson running a close 5th with 4%.
From The Detriot News:
Mitt Romney won a crucial victory in Tuesday’s Michigan Republican [...]

And the news is that the turnout isn’t just low. It’s really low.
Understandably, the McCain campaign thinks this doesn’t bode well for their candidate, and they’re already spinning…
Senior Adviser Steve Schmidt strolled back into the press section of their charter plane en route from Traverse City to Yspilanti to start framing potential results. [...]
Predictably, Schmidt [...]

Romney may pull out a win yet. McCain only leads him in this latest poll by 1%, 31% to 30%.
ARG has some details:
Mitt Romney leads John McCain 33% to 30% among Republicans, while McCain leads Mike Huckabee among independents (and Democrats) 37% to 21%, with 16% for Romney. Romney leads McCain 45% to 33% among [...]

Michigan. South Carolina. Nevada. A lot will be decided this week, including whether or not Ron Paul can turn a good showing in Nevada into a media story. My prediction? Nope.
First, on Tuesday the 15th, there’s Michigan:
Arizona Sen. John McCain holds a slim lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney heading into the Republican primary [...]