Evening Election Bits

• Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm issued a joint statement asking that the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee seat their state’s delegates. DNC Chairman Howard Dean released a statement that, according to Marc Ambinder:

  ... put the state parties on notice: either they can wait and allow the credentials committee to decide whether to seat their delegates, or submit to a re-vote sanctioned under DNC rules. "We look forward to receiving their proposals should they decide to submit new delegate selection plans and will review those plans at that time," he said in the statement.

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged superdelegates to stay out of the primary fray, at least for now.

  "I think the electoral process has to work its way," she told reporters. "There are still many voters unheard from yet, and I think that our candidates both have the capacity to inspire, to bring out a big vote that will hold us in good stead in November, and I think that now is not the time for anybody to weigh in."

• The latest national Gallup tracking poll released today: Clinton, 48 ... Obama, 44. The previous poll had them tied, 45-45.
• The Obama campaign demands that Clinton release her tax returns.