New plan offered to seat Michigan's delegates

clipped from www.cnn.com Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak proposed a plan Monday that would apportion his state's delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Stupak, a Democrat, offered a plan that would take into account the results of the state's January primary and the total popular vote of all primary contests nationwide. Stupak proposed allotting 83 of Michigan's pledged delegates based on the January vote, and splitting the state's remaining pledged delegates and superdelegates -- 73 total -- based on the nationwide vote. Under Stupak's proposal, Clinton would receive 47 delegates based on her vote total, while Obama would be awarded 36 delegates based on that "uncommitted" result; the rest would be divided according to the nationwide popular vote total after all the primaries are completed. The Clinton campaign strongly advocated a re-vote in Michigan, but the state's legislature was unable to agree on a proposal before it adjourned earlier this month.