It's finally over. Yesterday, in a torturous, six-hour meeting of the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, the question of Michigan and Florida's delegations was finally settled. Both states -- which defied DNC Rules and moved their primaries forward -- will see their delegations sliced in half. Michigan, where Obama wasn't on the ballot, will be split 69-59 Hillary. And at the end of the day, Clinton will receive a net gain of 24 delegates, leaving her trailing by 176, and effectively ending her candidacy. Harold Ickes is keeping a door open to Clinton's right to challenge the decision at the DNC Convention, but the best plausible outcome from such a scheme would be four more delegates from Michigan -- not enough to effect the race. Expectations are that Obama will actually have a sufficient number of delegates to win within a week or two. In other words: If the math hasn't quite spoken, it's begun clearing its throat. If the question of delegates seems increasingly settled, however, the problem of party unity is still far from solved. Chris Hayes, Dana Goldstein, and Eve Fairbanks all filed reports from the chaos outside the Committee Meeting, and what they found was an authentic, deep anger among Clinton supporters. And that's not a problem the Rules Committee can resolve. This one is up to Clinton herself.
