[MHT]

The interesting thing I would like to know is how many non-primary delegates are out there. She need just over 2025 to win and had pre-commitments of 176, plus her 14 from Iowa gives her 190. She's almost 10% of the way there.

Think what the disillusionment would be if the blacks and youth elect Obama in every primary and she still gets the nomination. It would be like the disappointment of supporting McCarthy in 1968 but see Humphrey get the nomination. Very disenchanting.

[Rudder]

...pre-commitments of 176...

This "super delegate" thingy is a bit weird. I'm not sure I understand how all this works.

What did she do to get these? Why didn't her rivals get any?

[tcrlaf]

The “Democratic” Party uses an anti-democratic nominating system that includes 842 “super-delegates” – un-pledged party leaders not chosen by the voters, free to support the candidate of their choice, and who comprise more than forty percent of the delegates needed to win the nomination.

Many have already announced the candidate they will support.

In a clear attempt to protect the party establishment, this undemocratic infrastructure was created following George McGovern’s landslide defeat in 1972.

It was designed to prevent a populist nominee who was “out of sync with the rest of the party”
(WOW!, Who does THAT sound like??”

Democratic National Committee member Elaine Kamarck called it a “sort of safety valve.”

[Vince Ferrer]

Think what the disillusionment would be if the blacks and youth elect Obama in every primary and she still gets the nomination. It would be like the disappointment of supporting McCarthy in 1968 but see Humphrey get the nomination. Very disenchanting.

Oh my, that would probably cause the breakup of the Democrat party.

[LS]

As I said in another post---she already LEADS in the superdelegates, and they are a huge part of the process. I think Obama needs to win two delegates to her one all the way out to defeat her. And is you thought Chicago in 1968 was bad, wait till the base sees that "despite winning the popular vote," Obama loses the "election."