Mar 152008
So what’s the problem? The Michigan votes WERE counted. It was reported by the news media at the time, and the results are still available. Here, for example.
“I feel really strongly about it,” Clinton said. “The 2.5 million people (in Michigan and Florida) who voted deserve to be counted. If it were my preference, we’d count their votes but if not, then they should have the opportunity to have a full-fledged primary waged for them and revote.” (AP news article URL)
Mission accomplished. The votes were counted, and 237,762 Democrats in Michigan would prefer somebody other than Clinton, Kucinich, Dodd, or Gravel.