This past weekend, the Democratic National Committee voted to strip the state of Michigan of all delegates at this summer’s national convention, eliminating any importance our primary had. While this move comes as no surprise, we should be ashamed of our Legislature for putting our important state in this position. Michigan’s voters have been disenfranchised because of the arrogance of a few in the party elite here in our state.

While the idea of making Michigan more important in the nomination process is noble, now is not the time to fight this battle. There are far too many big issues facing our state and our nation for Michigan to be stripped of its suffrage rights. Supporters of Sens. Joe Biden, John Edwards and Barack Obama and Gov. Bill Richardson unite!