by Laura Conaway

Clear the way for Hillary Clinton—unless she, too, leaves the Michigan primary. Four Democratic contenders for the party's presidential nomination have moved to take their names off that state's primary ballot. Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson have all beaten today's deadline to withdraw.

Michigan had moved its primary up to Jan. 15, before the Iowa and New Hampshire contests. That didn't sit well with the Democratic National Committee.

From the Detroit Free Press:

The big question now is whether Sen. Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner among Democrats, will join the others and remove her name from the ballot.