GOP rivals are zeroing in on economic issues ahead of the Jan. 15 primary in Michigan. John McCain won Michigan in 2000, but he must battle it out with Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, whose father governed the state in the 1960s. The other GOP hopefuls are putting less focus on Michigan; because Michigan's early primary date violates party rules, it has been stripped of half its GOP delegates and all of its Democratic ones.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:30:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43228/hey-mitt-your-naked-opportunism-is-showing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMitt Romney is speaking sideways when he talks about Detroit these days, Joan Vennochi writes in the Boston Globe . The man who promised he would “not rest until Michigan is back” in the Republican primary is now urging bankruptcy for Detroit automakers. “If the auto industry could reinvent itself as quickly as Mitt Romney,” Vennochi writes, “it wouldn't need a bailout.”http://www.newser.com/story/43228/hey-mitt-your-naked-opportunism-is-showing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 20 Nov 2008 15:09:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34055/obama-seeks-full-votes-for-discounted-delegates.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama is urging the Democratic National Committee to count Florida and Michigan primary votes at full strength, the Chicago Tribune 's Swamp blog reports. In a letter to the DNC, Obama wrote that the delegates—demoted 3 months ago to half-votes in a committee compromise—"must know that they are full partners and colleagues in our historic mission to reshape Washington."http://www.newser.com/story/34055/obama-seeks-full-votes-for-discounted-delegates.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 03 Aug 2008 18:55:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28902/dems-seat-fla-mich-delegates-as-half-votes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDemocratic officials voted today to seat Florida and Michigan primary delegates as half-votes, the AP reports. At a boisterous hearing, delayed by nearly 3 hours of private talks, the party seated Florida delegates based on the state's primary vote, with 105 for Clinton and 67 for Obama. The Michigan deal was more complex, giving 69 of the half-votes to Clinton and 59 to Obama.http://www.newser.com/story/28902/dems-seat-fla-mich-delegates-as-half-votes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 31 May 2008 18:39:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28623/dnc-lawyers-only-half-of-fla-mich-can-be-seated-saturday.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBy Democratic Party rules, the long-awaited committee meeting on Saturday is authorized to re-seat no more than half of the outlaw delegations from Florida and Michigan, party lawyers have advised in a new memo. The Rules and Bylaws Committee is required to maintain a penalty for the leapfrogging states that cuts their original delegate counts at least by half, the AP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/28623/dnc-lawyers-only-half-of-fla-mich-can-be-seated-saturday.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 28 May 2008 14:05:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26871/michigan-settles-on-delegate-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Michigan Democratic Party agreed yesterday to a plan to split its delegates to the August convention: The state wants to award 69 to Hillary Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama, who did not appear on the ballot in the primary, which was voided because it broke party rules. Michigan would also seat 29 superdelegates, reports the Detroit News .http://www.newser.com/story/26871/michigan-settles-on-delegate-plan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 08 May 2008 5:03:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23043/michigan-rep-floats-new-plan-to-seat-delegates.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new plan from a Michigan congressman would apportion about half the state's Democratic delegates based on its outlaw January primary and the other half according to national popular-vote tallies, the AP reports. “The last thing we want to do as Democrats," Bart Stupak wrote to Democratic Party chief Howard Dean, "is to disenfranchise voters.”http://www.newser.com/story/23043/michigan-rep-floats-new-plan-to-seat-delegates.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 31 Mar 2008 14:38:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22110/primary-do-over-chances-collapse-in-michigan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChances of a new primary being held in Michigan all but disappeared today as the state Senate adjourned without taking action, the Detroit Free Press reports. Senate leaders said it was pointless to take up the plan because the Clinton and Obama camps disagreed on how to go about it. Most observers considered today the last chance to act because the Senate now leaves on spring recess.http://www.newser.com/story/22110/primary-do-over-chances-collapse-in-michigan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 20 Mar 2008 18:20:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21827/florida-dems-nix-primary-do-over.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFlorida Democrats reacted to weeks of political wrangling today by ditching plans for a mail-in revote, the Miami Herald reports. "Thousands of people responded," Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman wrote. "The consensus is clear: Florida doesn’t want to vote again. So we won’t." But she said the Sunshine State still isn't calling it quits.http://www.newser.com/story/21827/florida-dems-nix-primary-do-over.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 17 Mar 2008 18:17:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21146/mich-fla-closer-to-approving-re-votes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMichigan and Florida senators appeared closer today to approving mail-in re-votes for their disqualified primaries, the Swamp blog reports. DNC chair Howard Dean said he also supported the mail-ins if state leaders can agree with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on how to run them. “I have to run these rules so that the losing side feels it’s been treated fairly,” he said on “This Week with George Stephanopolous.”http://www.newser.com/story/21146/mich-fla-closer-to-approving-re-votes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 09 Mar 2008 17:05:00 CDT