The Dems went to super delegates to prevent any future George McGoverns ( ~ radicals) from running..They may favor Hillary but it is going to be a very tough sell to their Dem constituency that Obama is not their choice, especially if he is leading in committed delegate votes..if that happens and they choose Hillary they will split the party.
As for Huckabee winning ?..i think it is a combination of Huckabee voters plus Stop McCain voters..That gives more strength to Huckabee, but also to Fred and Romney and possibly Hunter..
This may go into extra innings...more popcorn...
If somebody had told me these primaries would go the way they're going I'd have laughed in their face. If you know what I mean and I think you do.
It seems to be turning into the power of the people versus the political elites.
Consider, name the top dog political elite of the Dems and the top dog political elite of the pubbies. I'd come up with the names of...oh...a Clinton and John McCain.
This pubbie thing is turning into such a surprise that I think we all were blindsided. Now Huckabee's winning everywhere! It's like we're fighting back wherever we can but it's almost surreal.
And the Dems march in lockstep until someone comes along with even a glimmer of putting down the Clintons and this is a hoot.
I'll share the popcorn watching the Dems but this GOP thing ain't over yet.
Karl Rove had the math.
For Huckabee to win he had to get 83% of the remaining delegates.
Very doubtful. Only possible if McCain goes in the hospital.
This is from the AP article that Drudge has linked:
In all, the Democrats scrapped for 161 delegates in the night's contests.
In initial allocations, Obama won 59, Clinton 29.
In overall totals in The Associated Press count, Clinton had 1,084 delegates to 1,057 for Obama. A total of 2,025 is required to win the nomination at the national convention in Denver.
Something doesn't smell right unless they are including Super Delegates. My understanding was that Hillary was behind by a handful of delegates after Super Tuesday. But here they have her still ahead even though she got 30 less delagates (59 to 29) What's up with that? If it is Super Delegates then they need to note that. Seems that would mean they are covering for a Clinton again.