that the raw vote totals from MI/FL do indeed count.  In fact, they have "always" counted since the DNC ruling had to do with stripping these states of delegates only.  The DNC had no authority to strip these states of their pouplar votes.  You can't turn 2.3 million voters into ghosts.  It was indeed a very bad decision for Obama to remove himself from the ballot, against the advice of many of his advisors.