Photo: #The delegate ballots for Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama in Florida. Uncertainty surrounds the seating of the Democratic delegates from Florida and Michigan, after those states' party officials violated national party rules by holding their primary earlier in the year.
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The delegate ballots for Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama in Florida. Uncertainty surrounds the seating of the Democratic delegates from Florida and Michigan, after those states' party officials violated national party rules by holding their primary earlier in the year. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Campaign 2008

Do-over in Florida and Michigan?

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/12/2008, 9:06 a.m.

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St. Paul, Minn. — As Florida Democrats push hard for a last-minute mail-in ballot, Midmorning examines the consequences and possibilities of a do-over primary in that state and in Michigan.

Plus, analysis of the results of the Mississippi primary and more on the scandal surrounding New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

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  • Susan MacManus: Political science professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
  • Todd Spangler: Washington correspondent for the Detroit Free Press.
  • Ken Lovett: Capitol correspondent for the New York Post.

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