Hillary Clinton is closing the popular vote and delegate gaps with Barack Obama. But also she needs superdelegates, such as Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., if she hopes to win the nomination.
Superdelegate stalemate: Can the Democrats settle on a candidate and avert a schism?
The Democratic nomination contest could go all the way to June, and perhaps even to the Democratic National Convention in August. The Pennsylvania primary was supposed to help clarify the picture for the 795 Democratic superdelegates, but Senator Hillary Clinton’s strong victory there on Tuesday has in many ways complicated matters for them, furthering a stalemate that has deeply divided the party even as top Democrats called this week for them to make up their minds by June.
The latest New York Times survey of superdelegates -- the party leaders and elected officials who essentially have the power to determine the nominee -- finds that Clinton holds a 16-person edge that slices into Barack Obama’s overall lead in delegates. And those 478 superdelegates who have declared their allegiances show no signs of switching sides as the primary calendar proceeds toward its June 3 ending.
Yet there was a clear sentiment that the rest of the Democratic campaign and the way it is resolved would be crucial. “The way the loser loses,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, who is close to both candidates but has made no endorsement, “will determine whether the winner wins in November.”
Should the popular vote winner in the primaries be the Democratic nominee for president? Or should the delegates decide who is most "electable"?
Thoughts
HILLARY MUST WIN
Submitted on April 28th, 2008 by janmbObama is going to be linked to UNCLE Pastor Wright and he will lose to McCain if still nominated. Most will want to take an OL MAN who has served our country rather than a YOUNG BLACK MAN who associates himself with a bitter Pastor with a lousy outlook on America.
Pastor Wright believes he is misunderstood by the "dominant culture" in the United States. NO HE ISN'T misunderstood at all. He's a bitter ol man. If the blacks didn't make such an issue of RACE perhaps we might be able to meld and forget about it. But not as long as they have the NEGRO COLLEGE FUND and the NAACP and hundreds of strictly black organizations.
Too close to call ...
Submitted on April 27th, 2008 by John 2000We weary of this. You want to end it today, then do so. You want to end it next Tuesday, then do so. You want to end it in June, then do so. July, August, it's okay.
It's like the series '24' where a freaking hour takes a whole week. If we haven't developed Stockholm Syndrome by now, well, we're not going to.
Drip ... drip ... drip
The Party of drips drips on.
Re: The Democratic elite
Submitted on April 27th, 2008 by JoelYes, that Hillary Clinton's a real salt of the earth insurgent, isn't she? None of the advantages of the party establishment in her favor at all.
And I suppose the "Democratic elite" includes all those waiters, waitresses, preachers, mothers and hundreds of others -- 95 percent of whom had never caucused before -- out to the manure-smelling Fairgrounds in my city to caucus for Obama? They all went home to sip on wine and nibble on cheese.
The truth is that both candidates have attracted huge swaths of rank-and-file voters. But Obama has attracted a few more. There's nothing "elitist" in that.
But I will grant you this: Clinton is a centrist. And there's nothing wrong with that. We don't have to pretend, though, that she and her husband haven't been working the levers of Democratic Party power for a very long time.
WATCH THE DEMOCRATIC ELITE NOMINATE OBAMA AND LOSE THE ELECTION
Submitted on April 27th, 2008 by AnonymousWe are approaching a cross roads in the process for electing a democrat nominee for president. And, unfortunately, the establishment led by Howard Dean, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy is going to try and propel Barak Obama as the nominee. They keep forgetting what happened with Walter Mondale, Mike Dukakis, and John Kerry - some of the most extreme liberals of the party. THEY LOST the general election. We keep focusing on race, those who dislike the Clintons, and any possible Muslum connections that Obama may have. However, the focus should be on staying away from an ultra liberal candidate for president. THE COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO ELECT AN ULTRA LIBERAL LIKE OBAMA as president. They will go in droves to John McCain and we'll have four more years of Bush policies. We need a centrist candidate who will have broad appeal to the electorate and ironically, the only centrist we have running for president is Hillary Clinton. I suggest the super delegates take a hard long look at who they chose to nominate as they candidate. If they become enamoured by Obama and select him as the nominee, he will lose and the idiots in the democratic party will be left wondering what went wrong. If you agree, I'd love to hear from you. Perhaps those of us from Florida can still make a difference. .
those halcyon clinton years ...
Submitted on April 27th, 2008 by John 2000* booming gore inspired economy
* renting rooms out at the white house
* advancing china's technical prowess
* helping out in Somalia
* searching for the meaning of the word 'is'
* mucking about with 21 year old employee
* bombing Belgrade
- for starters
- do the right thing! Nominate AL GORE
SUPER DELEGATES --THEIR REAL JOB
Submitted on April 27th, 2008 by AnonymousThe democratic super delegates exist to see that a candidate is nominated who they believe can actually beat McCain and not for any other reason.
The super delegates exist because the Press was irresponsible and didn't expose and unmask Obama earlier as he would NEVER have won as many states as he did. Obama lied about his connections to Wright, Ayers, Rezko, Farrakhan and his wife's comments. The media suppressed the information for months and let voters be deceived. They attacked Hilary and puffed up Obama trying to run this election.
Last time I checked, Florida and Michigan aren't going to be counted in. Therefore, I expect these super-delegates will pick the MOST EXPERIENCED one who can BUTT HEADS with MCCain and that is HILLARY.
The OBAMA-Manics must support her if they want a democratic White House.
I rather LIKED the Clinton years minus the republican crapola.