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February 23rd, 2008
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter  | Post; Super Delegates Back In The News.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23307567 Superdelegates follow voters ... to Obama More than two dozen of them have voiced support in past two weeks WASHINGTON - The Democratic superdelegates are starting to follow the voters — straight to Barack Obama. In just the past two weeks, more than two dozen of them have climbed aboard his presidential campaign, according to a survey by The Associated Press. At the same time, Hillary Rodham Clinton's are beginning to jump ship, abandoning her for Obama or deciding they now are undecided. The result: He's narrowing her once-commanding lead among these "superdelegates," the Democratic office holders and party officials who automatically attend the national convention and can vote for whomever they choose. Candidates reach out There are nearly 800 Democratic superdelegates, making them an important force in a nomination race as close as this one. Both campaigns are furiously lobbying them. Clinton still leads among superdelegates 241 to 181, according to the AP survey. But her total is down two in the past two weeks, while Obama's is up 25. The superdelegates make up about a fifth of the overall delegates. As Democratic senators, both Clinton and Obama are superdelegates.
__________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill Last edited by Missileer; February 23rd, 2008 at 19:46. |
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February 23rd, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Figures. The Super delegates might have secretly wanted Clinton but they are not going to risk the rath of the voters.
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February 24th, 2008
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| Milforum's Postmaster | Oh, I will be singing a song when it is official and SHE is out of the race
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February 24th, 2008
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| Chief Engineer |  Quote:
anyone else want to make a trio or a quartet?
__________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations  | |
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February 24th, 2008
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| Milforum's Postmaster | and we can sing, "hey, hey the witch is gone" |
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