"Finally it's over it's been a nightmare for Michigan," Bill Rustem, of Public Sector Consultants, said.

The question of if, how, and how many was answered Saturday when the Democratic Party's Rules Committee voted to seat Michigan's delegation.

"She nets a significant number of added pledged delegates," Senator Barack Obama said. "It's my understanding that many members of the Michigan and Florida delegations see it as fair."

Rustem said even though they're half votes, it was crucial to seat delegations from two swing states.

"There are going to be a number of states in play and Michigan will be one of them," Rustem said. "Whoever wins the state, it will be very important to the candidate."

John McCain - the presumptive Republican nominee - has already spent time and money here.

"McCain at the moment has a little bit of an advantage," Rustem said.

And now that the Democrats made a decision on the primary Rustem said Obama - the candidate he thinks will win the nomination - will need to pick up the campaigning pace.

"Barack Obama is going to have to spend a significant amount of time in this state talking about issues people of Michigan care about," he said. "[He will have to] try to rekindle something he didn't have a chance to do because he wasn't on the ballot in the Michigan Primary."

Which is good news for Michigan and its economy.

"Michigan is the heartland of America and we can't ignore it," Senator John McCain said on a trip to Jackson last year.