DeleGATE

Here is the latest volley:

(AP) Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that
evenly splitting Michigan's delegates with rival Hillary Rodham
Clinton would be a fair way to distribute them, now that the
chances of a do-over primary are essentially dead.
The Michigan Senate adjourned Thursday without taking up a bill
for a June 3 repeat primary. While there still is a possibility a
last-minute deal can be reached, lawmakers' lack of enthusiasm for
a second election paid for by private donors means that's unlikely.
Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, an Obama supporter and former
presidential candidate, promoted the idea of splitting the
delegates 50-50 in a statement Thursday. "The best outcome is to
come to an arrangement where the delegates are apportioned fairly
between Senators Obama and Clinton, so the Michigan delegation can
participate fully in the Denver convention," the statement said.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Dodd spoke to campaign leaders
about an even split. Burton said they agreed it would be an
equitable way of handling Michigan, where Obama's name wasn't even
on the ballot in a renegade Jan. 15 primary.
The Clinton campaign immediately rejected the idea of splitting
the delegates. Clinton told reporters while campaigning in Terre
Haute, Ind., that Obama's nomination could be tainted if he
achieves it without a second Michigan contest.