Although I am an admitted Obama supporter, I'll try to form an unbiased opinion about the situation with seating delegates from Michigan and Florida. First of all, it is obviously unfair to use the results of the initial primaries. This is not only unfair to the candidates who pledged not to campaign in those states, but also to the voters who decided not to go to the polls after being told their votes wouldn't count. Secondly, using the initial results sets a precedent for future primary seasons so that other states may begin moving up their primaries with the expectation that their delegates would eventually be seated at the convention. So, is the answer a revote?

No, I do not believe revote is the solution either. Again, that sets a bad precedent that if you mess up big time, it's okay, you get a do over. The anger toward the national party leaders is misdirected, intentionally so by leaders in each state. The voters in Michigan and Florida should be upset with their state representatives and leaders who held the primaries early despite warnings from the national party that doing so would mean their delegates would not be seated. Thus the voters in each state should remove from office those that disenfranchised them from having a voice in the Democratic Presidential nomination process and not direct anger at the national party leaders.

However, it seems likely a revote will occur. Should this happen, I believe that Michigan and Florida still must suffer some consequences for not following the rules they had originally agreed to. The punishment handed down by the Republican party seems appropriate, halving the number of delegates for each state. So, even with a revote Michigan and Florida still should lose some delegates for this season to send the message to other states in the future that the rules everyone agreed to should be followed.