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Obama Looking to Diminish Superdelegates (In 2012)
Washington Post ^ | Aug 20, 2008 | Dan Balz

Posted on 08/20/2008 5:16:13 PM PDT by decimon

Barack Obama's campaign will call next week for the creation of a new commission to revise the rules for selecting a presidential nominee in 2012 with a goal of reducing the power of superdelegates, whose role became a major point of contention during the long battle between Obama and Hillary Clinton.

The commission also will be urged to redraw the calendar for 2012 to avoid starting the primaries and caucuses so early, and also to look specifically at assuring more uniform rules and standards for those caucuses.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; hillary; obama; superdelegates
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To: decimon

He need not worry about 2012. Once he loses in ‘08, he will not be the Dem nominee in 2012.


21 posted on 08/20/2008 9:44:11 PM PDT by no dems ("Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...." Barry Goldwater)
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To: decimon
Obama Looking to Diminish Superdelegates (In 2012)

Here I'll correct it.

Obama Looking to Diminish Liquidate Superdelegates (In 2012)

22 posted on 08/21/2008 9:37:18 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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