Michigan superdelegate Joel Ferguson is very much looking forward to the Democratic National Convention in August.

"I blocked it off on my calendar," he says. "We'll be there."

But as of now, Ferguson won't be participating.

Because Michigan moved up its primary date, the Democratic party-- as punishment-- took away all our delegates. Same with Florida.

But with Clinton and Obama neck-and-neck, Michigan's votes matter now more than ever-- and state politicians are scrambling to make sure our votes count.

"It'll be very tough, especially on the Democratic side, to say 'it's ok not to seat two of the 10 largest states," says political analyst Jeff Williams, who works for Public Sector Consultants in Lansing.

Williams says delegates will be seated-- but in what manner is the question. If the party downright refuses to seat delegates, Michigan Democratic voters could be facing a complete re-vote or a caucus.

"The closer the two candidates are, the more pallatable a revote will be to heal the party," Williams says.

Ferguson, who supports Clinton, also supports a re-vote.

"If we do a revote, people are at least open to discussion" if the DNC doesn't seat our delegates, Ferguson says.

Until Wednesday, Governor Granholm had rejected the idea of a re-vote. But now, after private discussions, she might be behind the idea.

The Associated Press is reporting a potential "Firehouse" vote in Michigan, which is a shorter, smaller-scale primary.

Williams says whatever the way, Michigan and Florida must be counted.

"Vote for someone who 48 states thinks is pretty good? That doesnt sound like good democracy to me," he says.

But for now, that's the reality for Michigan.

The biggest challenge, however, if Michigan were to do a re-vote would be money. Primaries are expensive. It cost the state of Michigan-- and its taxpayers-- around $10 million in January. Ferguson says before we could ever put on a re-vote, we'd have to find a way to fund the vote.