Clinton's new campaign manager, Maggie Williams, sent the following short letter to her counterpart at the Obama campaign, David Plouffe, arguing to either seat the Michigan and Florida delegations based on the January results or hold new primary contests:

March 12, 2008

David Plouffe

P.O. Box 8102

Obama for America
Chicago, Illinois 60680

Dear David:

The 2008 primary campaign has been a spirited contest that has resulted in record voter turnout. Both of our candidates can proudly boast of bringing new people into the process and energizing our Democratic Party.

With the campaign now entering the final phase of the nominating contest, it is vital that both of our campaigns come together to ensure that the delegations from Florida and Michigan be seated to reflect the will of the voters.

In Florida and Michigan, nearly 2.5 million Americans made their voices heard and participated in primary elections. We think the results of those primaries were fair and should be honored.

Over the last few weeks, there has been much discussion about how to ensure that the Florida and Michigan delegations are seated. We think there are two options: Either honor the results or hold new primary elections.

To that end, we are in active consultation with all of our supporters in Florida, including Members of Congress. In Michigan, we are in active consultation with the committee appointed by Governor Granholm.

We hope that your campaign will join us in our efforts to ensure that these votes are counted.

Sincerely,

Maggie Williams
Campaign Manager

Meanwhile, Lesley Clark of the Miami Herald has the details on the plan for a "mail in" redo in Florida which appears to be moving forward despite the fact, as Ben Smith noted late last night, Florida's Democratic Delegation appeared to complicate matters by coming out and publicly opposing "a mail-in campaign or any redo of any kind." Stay tuned, this thing is far from settled.