Dirty Tricks by Michigan GOP?

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Are Mitt Romney supporters in the Michigan Republican party changing the rules after the game? That’s what Rick Santorum’s campaign is alleging after the Michigan GOP announced it would be awarding both of the state’s at-large delegates to Romney as a result of Tuesday’s primary.

Michigan held its primary before Super Tuesday, so the Republican National Committee punished the state party by reducing its awardable delegates to 30. Twenty-eight of those delegates were allocated evenly by congressional district, while two became “at large” delegates, awarded based on the Michigan GOP’s rules.

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