Forget the CNN Trucks Coming to South Dakota...

That the South Dakota primary might actually draw national attention was too good to be true. Things were looking up for us even more when Puerto Rico changed from a June 7 caucus to a June 1 primary, making our June 3 date (shared with Montana) as the real end of the primary season. But attention already was shifting to the superdelegate game. And now...

June 3 is target for Mich. do-over vote

WASHINGTON - A Michigan congresswoman said Friday that the state's Democrats are working on plans for a June 3 primary that would give them a say in the tight presidential nomination race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick said the primary would be statewide and would be funded through party money. She is one of four Democrats who are not endorsing either candidate who are working together on a plan for a repeat primary... [Ken Thomas, AP, 2008.03.14].

If that plan passes, expect a huge campaign push from Obama in Detroit and its environs to reverse the empty Clinton "victory" in January's Michigan vote. Oh well. But CNN (and Obama staffers!), just in case that plan falls through, the cabin rental offer still stands. Get away from it all! Come to South Dakota!