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The letter came a day after an Obama campaign swing through Florida, and a day before today's scheduled speech in Lansing. The panel meets Aug. 24, just before the national convention in Denver. As the party's presumptive nominee, Obama's recommendation likely will determine the votes of most of the committee, a majority of which will be Obama supporters.
The Obama campaign was billing today's speech as the unveiling of an energy plan designed to create millions of new jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil. The speech will offer some new details on a plan Obama first discussed last week to offer $1,000 tax rebates to U.S. taxpayers to alleviate the increase in energy prices. Major Democratic politicians including Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the state's two U.S. senators, as well as Teamsters President James Hoffa, planned to attend.
They'll greet a candidate who on Sunday gave Michigan officials final confirmation they will have full voice in Denver. 'We're really pleased,' state Democratic Party spokeswoman Liz Kerr said Sunday, calling Obama's commitment 'not unexpected.'
Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin and DNC Committeewoman Debbie Dingell issued a statement Sunday praising the move.
'We have always been confident that Michigan would have a full delegation and a full vote at the Democratic National Convention,' they said. 'Senator Obama's action today will help unify the Democratic Party. It also underscores the need for a fairer and more sensible process for selecting presidential nominees, as well as the critical role of Michigan and Florida -- two representative swing states -- over the efforts of Iowa and New Hampshire to perpetuate their privileged position in that process.'
Full voting rights would bring to a close a long and sometimes bitter debate in Michigan over the January primary party leaders hoped would give Michigan a strong voice in the nominating process and bring the candidates to the state to talk about issues such as the threats to the domestic auto industry.
Instead, while Republicans barnstormed the state in an intensive weeklong campaign before the Jan. 15 vote, Democrats boycotted Michigan. Obama and other top Democrats also removed their names from the primary ballot; of the serious contenders, only Hillary Clinton, who won the disputed vote, left her name on the ballot.
Just before Obama clinched the nomination in mid-June, the party's rules committee met in Washington, D.C. After intense negotiations and raucous protests from Clinton supporters, the panel agreed to seat Michigan and Florida, but with each delegate casting half a vote. The delegate count in Michigan also was altered, giving Obama four additional delegates beyond the 'uncommitted' delegates he had already claimed; that agreement does not appear to be affected by Sunday's developments.
Under the rules committee agreement, Clinton would receive 69 delegates to Obama's 59 delegates.
'I believe party unity calls for the delegates from Florida and Michigan to be able to participate fully alongside the delegates from the other states and territories,' Obama wrote to Alexis Herman, James Roosevelt and Eliseo Roques-Arroyo, co-chairs of the credentials committee, which would have to approve any changes to the agreement hammered out by the party's Rules & Bylaws Committee in May.
'Accordingly, I ask that the Credentials Committee, when it meets on Aug. 24 to approve the delegates for the National Convention, pass a resolution that would entitle each delegate from Florida and Michigan to cast a full vote.'
The three co-chairs issued a statement Sunday saying the issue 'will be the top priority' at their meeting. Herman and Roosevelt also co-chaired the rules committee that crafted the spring compromise.
You can reach Gordon Trowbridge at (202) 662-8738 or .
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