Wampum

While Mark Green is purported to be a Clinton supporter, I don't believe that is reason enough to discredit this sensible solution to the Michigan/Florida DNC convention delegation "problem":

...I have a suggestion that could help launch one into a commanding position as we approach the Denver Convention: your two states should legislate a new primary day and it should be April 22, the day of the scheduled Pennsylvania primary.

Then we would have a final Super Tuesday involving some 5 million voters and 518 delegates. And the Democrat who wins a majority of the votes and delegates in these three states -- all of which would be in play in a competitive general election -- would have real and important momentum with undecided superdelegates. Not quite winner-take-all but close to winning the fifth set in the Wimbledon final.

Could either Obama or Clinton object? Clinton can't seriously argue that the delegates in your states should be seated based on earlier contests that the candidates agreed shouldn't count.

The Obama campaign can't seriously argue that your states shouldn't be seated at the Convention and shouldn't count in the closest nomination battle in a century. Nor can it seriously contend that existing rules should be in effect altered to disallow a superdelegate -- who's not a Martian but a governor, senator, or congressman -- from voting for that Democrat who s/he thinks would be the strongest nominee and best president.

As Eric and I have hammered time and again, Florida, and to a lesser extent, Michigan, are critical battleground states in November - you just don't dis 2.5 million voters without repercussions. You have to seat delegations for both these states in Colorado this summer, and you either revote or take the votes as they are.