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  Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.7 Percent

  Clinton steps up calls for Florida and Michigan to be seated. But those delegations won't make up the difference. Her chances remain stagnant at 0.7 percent.

  On May 31, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee will convene in Washington, D.C., to decide whether and how to seat the delegations from Florida and Michigan. There is a number of possible outcomes, but the most likely one is that both states get seated but have their delegations chopped in half. (Figuratively, of course—the DNC is harsh, but not that harsh.) Depending on how they treat superdelegates, this scenario would change the "magic number" from 2,026 to either 2,131 or 2,118.

  Read more at the Hillary Deathwatch.

  Published Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:32 PM by Christopher Beam
  Email jcbeam@gmail.com

  Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Death Watch

About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.