Superdelegates

Why Are There Delegates?

Rick Jacobs | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Rick Jacobs

Conventions should energize, organize and highlight. They should not be a filter to prevent the people from electing leaders, and they certainly should not be an incumbency protection racket.

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It Won't Be Gore, Will It?

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home

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Nathaniel Bach

In effect, Gore's prospects are aligned with Clinton's. Unless the contest comes down to the convention, neither is likely to emerge the nominee.

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Hillary's Bruce Willis Syndrome

Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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Dylan Loewe

If Clinton cannot win, why is she still soliciting donors like they were an ATM on the bridge to nowhere? If she cannot win, why should they still support her?

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What is Edwards Holding Out For?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

Today former Sen. John Edwards, in his first public speech since dropping his White House bid two months ago, praised Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham...

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What is Obama Afraid Of? Clinton's Popular Vote Landslide?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

22% of Democratic voters say Obama should withdraw; 22% want Clinton to drop out. What's going on? Interestingly, Republicans are more eager to se...

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The Fear Factor

Mike Lux | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Mike Lux

I'm talking about how many people I know, many superdelegates among them, who are scared to publicly support Obama because of the Clintons' well-known penchant for vengeance.

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John Adams vs Tom Jefferson = Hillary Clinton vs Barack Obama

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Benjamin R. Barber

The birth of the American Republic was accompanied by enough controversy, bitterness, infighting and rage to sink the project before it ever got off the ground.

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Obama-Clinton: A Murder-Suicide in Progress, and How to Stop It

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Eric Schmeltzer

While Hillary's clearly pierced Obama with a bullet or two, she's turned the gun on herself as well. I have a plan that would put an end to this Dem-on-Dem violence.

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"Hey, I Am For Hillary": One New Hampshire Superdelegate Isn't Keeping Quiet

Erin Medlicott | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Erin Medlicott

Being a superdelegate from New Hampshire, (with their "first in the nation primary" January 8th) AND having declared your support of Sen. Hillary Clin...

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The Price of Loyalty

Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

The mentality is, "if I don't get my best choice, I'm going to pick my worst." If this is how some want to exercise democracy, they will have no legitimate right to show up at war rallies three years after McCain's election and complain that they deserve better.

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Clinton's Economic Plan Isn't for Us -- It's For the Superdelegates

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The candidates are laying out their economic plans. But a press release from the Clinton campaign last week shows who she's really talking to: party insiders.

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Clinton Superdelegates In Washington Wavering

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Gregory Roberts | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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With the anxiety level among Democrats ratcheting up daily at the prospect of a bloody presidential nomination struggle, some Washington state superde...

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Pelosi Should Recant, then Zip It Up on Pumping Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Pennsylvania Primary, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Voters, Nancy Pelosi, Superdelegates, Clinton Backers, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Pelosi's silly saber rattle had to rank as one of the most asinine lapses of judgment, common sense, not to mention political ethics by a top Democrat in recent memory.

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Deja Vu: 2008 as 1968

Stephen B. Cohen | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Stephen B. Cohen

The 2008 superdelegates, like the unelected delegates in 1968, once again could split the party and help elect a Republican.

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Time for Superdelegates to Ratify Obama's Insurmountable Pledged Delegate Lead and Settle the Democratic Nomination

Robert Creamer | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

Superdelegates will be faced with exactly the same choice now or in June. It is much better for the party -- and for our nominee -- that they make that decision now.

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Rove Already Answered the GOP's Question of Who's the Weaker Democrat

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In an open memo which got almost no media play last December, Karl Rove spit out six things Obama should do to zap Clinton. Obama has followed the script to the letter.

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A Superdelegate Mini Convention Makes Sense

Craig Crawford | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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Craig Crawford

Superdelegates are going to decide this thing no matter how much anyone complains about it. It is just a matter of when they decide.

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Truly Determining the Will of the People

Larry Hirsch | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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Larry Hirsch

In the debate over Superdelegates, much as been made that we should not override the popular vote and that the person with the most delegates should w...

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Clinton: Pledged Delegates Are "Like Superdelegates"

Attywood | Will Brunch | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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One final note from the Daily News editorial board session with Sen. Hillary Clinton today: Near the end of the session, I had the chance to ask her w...

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Perception of Electability At Stake For Obama In Coming Primaries

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

A sweeping defeat for Obama in Pennsylvania or a slow bleed through the last ten contests will plant the question of electability in the minds of some superdelegates.

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Three Myths About the Democratic Race

Peter Daou | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Peter Daou

Look no further than Sen. Obama's "full assault" on Hillary's character to judge whether he thinks this election is over.

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Is the Media's Pursuit of Horserace Coverage the Reason Sen. Clinton is Still Considered a Viable Contender for the Democratic Presidential Nomination?

Rick Hasen | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics

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Rick Hasen

Could it be that the media has kept the story alive? I think that's an overstatement.

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SuperDuper Delegates: How About Some Leadership?

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

Because of the unusual situation presented by the Democratic nomination, Democratic Party leaders have a clear opportunity to show they can lead. Will they take it? Are they capable?

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The Day Hillary Clinton Knew She Had Lost

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

That she has been able to stay in the race at all is a testament to the power of the Clinton name, the Dem's ludicrous electoral system, and her hold over a petrified media and the party's bureaucratic elite.

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From GENder Gap To GENeration Gap?

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

If Obama, the Millennials' preferred candidate, is denied the nomination in a way that they see as unfair, the Democrats will almost certainly lose an historic opportunity to win the loyalty of this generation

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