Unpledged Delegates

Clinton and the Delegates: A Friendly Reply to Rachel Maddow

Jackson Williams | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

If the Dems ran primaries on a winner-take-all basis like they once did, like the electoral vote is handed out in the general election, Clinton would have already won the nomination with over 2,000 delegates.

Superdelegates Shift To Obama

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics


UPDATE: Obama has picked up another superdelegate from Oregon. Barack Obama has picked up a series of superdelegates this morning, one of which at th...

80 Superdelegates Will Wait Till Convention To Choose Sides

Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's trio of victories over Sen. Barack Obama last week appears to have convinced a sizable number of uncommitted Democratic ...

Jason Linkins

WSJ Reports: Here Come The 'Add-Ons'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Yesterday's Wall Street Journal reported on some sad news for the nation -- and we're not referring to the death of Dungeons And Dragons creator Gary ...

Brokaw: Obama Has 50 Superdelegates Set To Endorse Him

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


UPDATED 3/05 Prominent Backer Says Obama Has 50 New Superdelegates, reports the Political Wire: Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Sen. Barack Obama's Missouri ...

Jason Linkins

Slate's Delegate Counting Widget Lets Readers Experience The Pointlessness Of The Democratic Primaries

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


For those of you who just can't get enough of the soul-crushing pointlessness of the 2008 Democratic Primary process, Slate offers this new widget: a ...

Meet An American Samoa Superdelegate: A Beauty Contest Judge

Elaine Meyer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Elaine Meyer

Super-delegates are often portrayed as the ultimate Democratic party insiders, people who hold elected office or have been high-ranking staff on a pol...

Obama Calls Out Super Delegates: "Party Insiders" Shouldn't Decide Race

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


From Politico's Ben Smith: Obama, at his Chicago press conference just now, lays out his path to the nomination, which depends first on having a majo...