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But, to be fair, Obama (and the other candidates) took themselves off the MI ballot as part of a deal among the candidates that, for all intents and purposes, Hillary reneged upon.

If Hillary wants to keep running, that's her right and the polls show a majority of the party agrees that she should keep running. However, let's not turn her into some sort of wronged victim of backroom politics simply because you don't like the guy she's running against.

In fact, most of the backroom politics in this election are the result of rules that she and/or her husband participated in creating during their long tenures with the national party.

Five Democrats Withdraw From Michigan Primary

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Five Democratic presidential candidates said Tuesday they would remove their names from primary ballots in Michigan, hoping to deal a blow to those who are pushing to elevate their home state's heft in the election process by front-loading the primary calendar.
Barack Obama and John Edwards, who trail only Hillary Clinton in the polls, as well as Bill Richardson and Dennis Kucinich filed paperwork to officially withdraw from the Jan. 15 contest, and Joe Biden said he would be following suit shortly.
Clinton's campaign said Tuesday she would remain in the Michigan race as did Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd. In the most recent national polls, Clinton is leading her closest opponent — Obama — by 20 points or more, and could be breaking the three-way dead heat in Iowa among her, Obama and Edwards.
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