As talk of the predicament Florida and Michigan face in coming up with a new election took center stage this weekend, Hillary Clinton's campaign appears to have assumed that Florida, at least, will hold another election. In fact, it is the Clinton camp's advisers who are pushing the idea most publicly.

Governors Jon Corzine, of New Jersey, and Ed Rendell, of Pennsylvania, said they would agree to raise half the $30 million it might cost for both states to hold a new vote, the New York Times reports this morning.

That offer sends a strong message, and it puts the Obama campaign in a somewhat awkward position: By accepting -- even pushing for -- a new contest, the Clinton team has to believe it can win in both states all over again, even with Obama campaigning full time there. Obama has to either accept a new vote or be cast as a candidate willing to disenfranchise Floridians and Michiganders.

If Obama accepts the re-vote, he might lose the contests and, with them, the race. On the other hand, he may win and knock Clinton out. Regardless, Florida and Michigan will become ground zero for the presidential contest, and, should the re-votes be scheduled late enough, may rob the loser of an excuse to stick around.

Perhaps looking ahead to that eventuality, Bill Clinton has already been dispatched southward; he will raise money in Broward County, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, the St. Pete Times writes. As buzz for a mail-in redo mounts, watch the former president's travel schedule. He may end up down south much more in the future.