http://www.mrsuper.org/2008/05/florida-michiga.html

The history of the Florida/Michigan problem.

And yet more proof that the Clinton campaign doesn't give a shit about Michigan and Florida and are only pushing for them out of self-interest. Bottom line is 4 years ago, Terry McAuliffe, as DNC Chair, took the exact same position on Michigan that Howard Dean and the DNC have taken this year yet this year, as a member of the Clinton campaign, McAuliffe has been vehemently calling for the exact opposite. It's a complete sham, typical of the Clinton campaign. Of course, this adds to the fact that Hillary Clinton was quoted AND signed a document saying that Michigan and Florida will not count and she will not participate in their primaries.

An excerpt from Terry McAuliffe's book:

"I'm going outside the primary window," [Michigan Sen. Carl Levin] told me definitively.

"If I allow you to do that, the whole system collapses," I said. "We will have chaos. I let you make your case to the DNC, and we voted unanimously and you lost."

He kept insisting that they were going to move up Michigan on their own, even though if they did that, they would lose half their delegates. By that point Carl and I were leaning toward each other over a table in the middle of the room, shouting and dropping the occasional expletive.

"You won't deny us seats at the convention," he said.

"Carl, take it to the bank," I said. "They will not get a credential. The closest they'll get to Boston will be watching it on television. I will not let you break this entire nominating process for one state. The rules are the rules. If you want to call my bluff, Carl, you go ahead and do it."

We glared at each other some more, but there was nothing much left to say. I was holding all the cards and Levin knew it.