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Caucus Idea Is Panned

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 13, 2008, Midnight

Sen. Barack Obama’s suggestion that Florida and Michigan could hold caucuses to determine their presidential delegates and avoid being frozen out of the Democratic National Convention has come under criticism from senior Democratic Senators from those states who object to throwing out millions of votes already cast.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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