My apologies if I mistated the reason why Obama, Edwards, et. al. pulled out of the Michigan primary. My source was an online article that I can no longer access and was written some time ago.

If the "official" story is correct I have some more questions than answers. If the party bosses did in fact tell the candidates not to withdraw, why did they? Why pull out of a state with such a heavy union representation? It makes no sense. In fact, it makes worse than no sense. It is plainly bizarre.

This will be one interesting story. If the party machinery must eventually let all the delegates in and vote, how can they manage the party in the future? You have to have the ability to enforce rules (even arbitrary ones) or you have no ability to create rules. I have thought that the rules regarding when a state holds its primary to be incredibly arcane, but it is the party's perogative to make and enforce such rules. As an example, I would love to see the electoral college eliminated. However, the electoral college is the rule now, so POPULAR votes don't matter a hill of beans. Only the electoral college really matters.

Oh well, tune in next week, same bat time, same bat station.

Freightdawg