More to Michigan ballot bailing than initally thought....

[Debi]

http://iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1264

Michigan, Iowa and the Games the Politicos Play

Iowans are by and large straight-forward people. Given that, it should come as no surprise that to the average Iowan, the Michigan ballot situation seems pretty cut and dry: Democratic presidential hopefuls who honor their four-state pledge and support the nomination calendar won't be on Wolverine State's ballot. As with most things in life, and especially politics, the situation is more complicated.

Five individuals connected to five different campaigns have confirmed -- but only under condition of anonymity -- that the situation that developed in connection with the Michigan ballot is not at all as it appears on the surface. The campaign for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, arguably fearing a poor showing in Michigan, reached out to the others with a desire of leaving New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the the only candidate on the ballot. The hope was that such a move would provide one more political obstacle for the Clinton campaign to overcome in Iowa.

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