Opinion: Democratic party officials cancel Michigan’s convention rooms

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Looks like the Democratic National Committee means business in its ongoing stalemated dispute with Florida and Michigan.

According to our colleague Christopher Reynolds over at The Times’ travel blog, the committee has canceled the hotel accommodations for the 177-member Michigan delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver in late August. Just try finding that many rooms at the last minute during a political convention.

And the DNC never even made any reservations for Florida’s defiant delegation.

Both states have been outlawed because they naughtily scheduled their primaries before Feb. 5 in violation of party rules. Since Hillary Clinton has claimed victory in both places anyway, surprisingly, she’d like to count them in her total. Equally surprisingly, since Barack Obama’s name wasn’t even on the Michigan ballot, he’d rather not count the Clinton votes.

To be continued.

The travel folks have details here.

-- Andrew Malcolm