March 19, 2008 (LPAC)--Speaking in Detroit this morning, Hillary Clinton called for either counting the votes already cast in the early Michigan and Florida primaries, or for holding "new, full and fair elections" -- and she demanded that Barack Obama support this.

Yesterday, Clinton campaign representatives accused Obama's campaign of dragging their feet by refusing to support a re-run of the Michigan and Florida primaries; they characterized this as an effort by the Obama campaign "to disenfranchise the voters of Michigan and Florida." And they warned that if this happens, it will give the Republicans a huge opening in those states in the November general elections.

LPAC notes that any failure to resolve the Florida and Michigan situation also provides an opening for Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore to "broker" the convention as they have threatened to do, in such a manner as to ensure that Hillary Clinton does not get the nomination -- which otherwise she seems likely to win.

In Michigan, key legislators have been saying they can't pass proposed legislation for a new primary without the agreement of both campaigns and the Democratic National Committee--which has signed on--but Obama's campaign will not agree to it. Mrs. Clinton was in Michigan to meet with legislators concerning the draft legislation, which, she said, she supports, and the DNC also supports.