Hillary Clinton says the results of Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary should count, even if Barack Obama’s name did not appear on the ballot.
“That was his choice,” she says in an interview with Steve Inskeep. “There was no rule or requirement that he take his name off the ballot. His supporters ran a very aggressive campaign to try to get people to vote uncommitted.” [mjh: It’s very important to remember that Obama supporters pushed for ‘uncommitted’ specifically in response to Clinton’s campaign in Michigan, against the terms all had mutually agreed to.]
The states of Florida and Michigan were stripped of their delegates when they defied the rules of the national Democratic Party and moved up the date of their primaries. Clinton remained on the ballot in both states, while Obama stayed on only the Florida ballot.
Neither candidate was supposed to campaign, in accordance with the Democratic National Party’s wishes.