With a Democratic presidential race separated by only six delegates at the time of this posting, the Democrats have a dilemma over what to do with Florida and Michigan's delegates. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sanctioned both states for party rules violations in the scheduling of their contests. Both states moved up their elections to increase the influence of the presidential race and the DNC responded by stripping the states of all delegates, 210 from Florida and 156 from Michigan.

Now with such a close race, the 366 delegates could swing the election either way. However to resolve this issue, there must be an agreement between the DNC and both campaign organizations. Clinton's campaign is asking for allowing the seating of the delegations from the two states, which she won handily as Obama and other candidates removed their names from the ballots in Michigan in solidarity with the DNC and no one campaigned in Florida.

Nothing official from either state has moved forward, though both states are considering the logistics of holding DNC sanctioned caucuses. The 2008 Democratic National Convention will be held at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado from Aug. 25-28. If there is no resolution and the contests are as close as they have been to this point, neither candidate may hold the necessary 2,025 delegates for the nomination.

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