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  • Defection of longtime superdelegate jolts Clinton (and Bill sez elitists support Obama?)

    05/01/2008 6:53:12 PM PDT · by flowerplough · 27 replies · 35+ views
    AP/Yahoo news ^ | May Day (that's what Hill said!) | DAVID ESPO
    Hillary Rodham Clinton was jolted Thursday by the defection of one of her longtime superdelegate supporters, a former national party chairman who urged fellow Democrats to "reject the old negative politics" and unify behind Barack Obama. "A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue" a long, self-destructive Democratic campaign, Joe Andrew added in a letter designed to have an impact on the turbulent race nationally as well as in his home state of Indiana, site of a primary next week. "A vote to continue this process is a vote that assists John McCain," Andrew wrote. (Mr. Andrew agrees...
  • Democratic Party's superdelegate system smacks of elitism

    05/01/2008 8:39:58 AM PDT · by Signalman · 19 replies · 29+ views
    Ventura County Star ^ | May 1, 2008 | Ed Jones
    The Democratic Party is not democratic. It has devised a system of nominating a presidential candidate that is elitist and will result in patronage. It is abundantly clear that the party that claims to trace its roots to Thomas Jefferson is deluding itself and the American public. We have witnessed a three-month period of hard-fought primaries or caucuses in which the people in 42 states and four territories have voted to select the delegates who presumably will nominate the Democratic presidential candidate. But it is all a ruse. Democracy has gone out the window because of the elitist policy of...
  • Former Democratic leader switches to Obama (Joe Andrew, DNC Chairman 1999-2001)

    05/01/2008 12:50:53 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 25 replies · 129+ views
    Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | May 1, 2008 | Nedra Pickler
    Excerpt - WASHINGTON (AP) — A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and is encouraging fellow Democrats to "heal the rift in our party" and unite behind the Illinois senator. Joe Andrew, who was Democratic National Committee chairman from 1999-2001, planned a news conference Thursday in his hometown of Indianapolis to urge other Hoosiers to support Obama in Tuesday's primary, perhaps the most important contest left in the White House race. He also has written a lengthy letter explaining his decision that he plans to send to other superdelegates. "I am...
  • Superdelegates line up behind candidates

    04/30/2008 8:14:09 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 11 replies · 30+ views
    Real Clear Politics ^ | April 30th, 2008 | Nedra Pickler
    Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times. Party leaders are encouraging superdelegates to pick a side by late June to prevent the fight from going to the national convention in August, and it seems some are listening as the race enters its final five weeks of voting. Chelsea Clinton got a superdelegate for her mom while campaigning in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just as Obama press secretary Bill Burton sent out a statement announcing the support of Rep....
  • DFU YouTube SING-ALONG: Superdelegates Will Sc*** Obama for Hillary

    04/30/2008 3:08:39 PM PDT · by doug from upland · 4 replies · 51+ views
    DFU News of the Day in Song ^ | 4-30-08 | Lyrics & Movie, Doug from Upland
    YOUTUBE SING ALONG --- the Superdelates will sc*** Obama for Hillary
  • Obama backer predicts victory in Hill war - Battle for Super Delegates may be over

    04/30/2008 9:16:55 AM PDT · by The_Republican · 36 replies · 62+ views
    Politico ^ | April 30th, 2008 | AMIE PARNES & JOSEPHINE HEARN
    Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton. While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate have yet to state their preferences in the race for the Democratic nomination, sources said Tuesday that most of them have already made up their minds and have told the campaigns where they stand. “The majority of superdelegates I’ve talked to are committed, but it is a matter of timing,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). “They’re just preferring to make their...
  • Obama the Inevitable (Barf)

    04/29/2008 9:34:07 PM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 5 replies · 79+ views
    Spiegel Online ^ | 4/29/08 | Gabor Steingart
    An apparent rejection of her black rival would also do more to harm Hillary Clinton than help her campaign. A candidacy against the background of angry youth or even burning barricades would be of little value. Thus, it is not Obama himself who now offers the strongest argument for his nomination, but the history of his ancestors. In fact, with his history standing at his side, Obama hardly needs to try any longer. This history peers into the present, sadly and silently, from a time we commonly call the past. And yet this is a past that America cannot seem...
  • Obama narrows superdelegate gap

    04/29/2008 11:58:38 AM PDT · by COUNTrecount · 7 replies · 28+ views
    Boston.com ^ | April 29, 2008 | Foon Rhee
    While Hillary Clinton snagged the biggest-name backer of the day, Barack Obama has reportedly added two more superdelegates to his fold. Richard Machaceck, a Democratic National Committee member from Iowa, has declared for Obama after the Illinois senator won 16 of the 29 national convention delegates at stake in congressional district conventions over the weekend, the Des Moines Register is reporting. And the Associated Press says US Representative Ben Chandler of Kentucky, grandson of a former two-time governor of the Bluegrass state, is supporting Obama as well. Clinton is hoping that the endorsement of North Carolina Governor Mike Easley might...
  • Wright Raising Questions About Obama's Electability

    04/29/2008 10:25:21 AM PDT · by kingattax · 52 replies · 67+ views
    ABC News ^ | April 29, 2008 | JAKE TAPPER
    Pressure Mounts on Obama After Reverend's Reappearance -- It's crunch time on the campaign trail, and candidates can't afford any mistakes or for any controversial friends to suddenly reappear. Will the Rev. Jeremiah Wright drag the Illinois senator's campaign down? Some speculate the re-emergence of Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is turning off white voters. Democratic sources tell ABC News that Wright is unquestionably worrying superdelegates about Obama's electability. On Monday at the National Press Club, Wright was defiant, embracing some of the most controversial items he has said. "Jesus said, You cannot do terrorism on...
  • Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge

    04/29/2008 9:26:56 AM PDT · by The_Republican · 10 replies · 63+ views
    WSJ ^ | April 30th, 2008 | JACKIE CALMES
    Despite his loss in Pennsylvania and other campaign bumps, Barack Obama is heavily favored to win what will be the final and decisive contest for the Democratic presidential nomination -- the "invisible primary" for the convention votes of party leaders. The reasons say a lot about these superdelegates' calculations for the November elections -- the presidential one, or their own. The 795 superdelegates, who can vote for any nominee, fall into one of two groups -- the elected and the unelected. Sen. Obama has taken the lead among elected officials, and Monday got the endorsement of New Mexico Sen. Jeff...
  • Dean says either Clinton or Obama must drop out in June

    04/28/2008 10:24:55 AM PDT · by kingattax · 195 replies · 452+ views
    WASHINGTON - Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in November. But Dean didn't say which candidate should drop out, only that it should happen after primary voters have been to the polls. "We want the voters to have their say. That's over on June 3," Dean said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America." Dean also said that while the party rules say Democratic superdelegates...
  • DFU YouTube - How Obama Plans to Steal Obama Delegates

    04/28/2008 11:00:32 AM PDT · by doug from upland · 17 replies · 78+ views
    HERE IS THE PLAN.....HERE IS HOW HILLARY WILL DO IT
  • Confessions of a Superdelegate

    04/28/2008 4:50:21 AM PDT · by Dukes Travels · 10 replies · 7+ views
    North Star Writers Group ^ | April 28, 2008 | Alan Hurwitz
    The identity of this superdelegate is being withheld for obvious reasons. We believe he/she expresses the thoughts and feelings of many of his/her colleagues during these difficult day: I’m upset and nervous and I’m not going to take it any more. This is not what I expected when they made me a superdelegate. I thought that being a king/queen-maker would be a lot more fun. It’s become a real drag. I realize I’m uncomfortable about the whole idea of “superdelegates”. It seems un-democratic, at least un-Democratic. Even the name bothers me. It makes me think of Superman and “fighting for...
  • Superdel - Will they provoke splittism?

    04/27/2008 1:11:45 PM PDT · by neverdem · 5 replies · 75+ views
    NY Times ^ | April 27, 2008 | WILLIAM SAFIRE
    If you were a fashion photographer back in the 1990s, you may have known what a superdel was: a high-priced “supermodel,” the word clipped to superdel by fashionistas. That meaning has since been overwhelmed by a usage booming through the U.S. political world: superdelegates, who may or may not decide the next Democratic nominee for president. But that 14-letter word is too long for newspaper headlines, and five syllables is too many for fast-talking heads on telecasts, podcasts, Webcasts or IMcasts. Result: the name of the graying gang of glitterati on whom the multimedia spotlight now shines has been shortened...
  • One Last Thing: Voting lines lead right to superdelegates

    04/27/2008 12:53:03 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 4 replies · 101+ views
    Philly.com ^ | April 27th, 2008 | Jonathan V. Last
    Let's begin with one paramount fact: The superdelegates will determine the Democratic nomination. Neither candidate will capture enough pledged delegates to win without them. The contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will not be settled by purely democratic means. The common misconception is that superdelegates are basically like jurors: They listen to each side's case and then apply a specific set of instructions and a strict legal framework to make their evaluation. But superdelegates don't work that way. They're more like the College of Cardinals: They decide by feeling their way through moral and political, not legal, claims....
  • Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Sign of Easing

    04/26/2008 1:12:46 AM PDT · by JohnHuang2 · 9 replies · 89+ views
    New York Times ^ | 4/26/08 | By LARRY ROHTER and CARL HULSE
    Jeanne Lemire Dahlman, a Montana superdelegate and rancher, has declared her allegiance to Senator Barack Obama. But she said voters in her state, whose primary is June 3, are thrilled by the unresolved Democratic nominating fight, which gives them a potential voice in a nominating process that has usually bypassed them. “A part of me would like to wrap this up,” she acknowledged. “But I think Senator Clinton should continue, unless she tanks in Indiana.” The Pennsylvania primary was supposed to help clarify the picture for the 795 Democratic superdelegates, but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s strong victory there on Tuesday...
  • Clinton lobbies superdelegates after Pennsylvania win

    04/26/2008 7:18:06 AM PDT · by COUNTrecount · 16 replies · 50+ views
    My Way ^ | April 25, 2008 | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton, capitalizing on her Pennsylvania primary victory, reached out this week to uncommitted Democratic superdelegates. "Her pitch was that she had just had a substantial victory in Pennsylvania and her campaign had raised quite a bit of money because of it," said Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma. "There wasn't a hard push or a hard sell. She asked me what are some of the things she needs to be talking about. I just told her the No. 1 issue is the economy." Boren remains uncommitted but noted "it's really important to me how my district...
  • Post-Pennsylvania, Blogosphere Spins With Malice

    04/25/2008 3:57:21 AM PDT · by suspects · 53+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | April 25, 2008 | Michael Graham
    [Debra Kozikowski, an undecided superdelegate from Massachusetts, has started a blog inviting supporters of Clinton and Obama to make their case for her vote, "with civility and grace."] FROM: ImUrGrrl TO: DebraKozikowski@MassDem.Net Ms. Kozikowski: I just read the story about you, an undecided superdelegate from Chicopee, soliciting blog postings from Democrats in support of their candidates. I see that you’ve received hundreds of comments from supporters of Sen. Clinton and her opponent. As a fellow woman - dare I say “Sister”? - I think your innovative idea demonstrates the kind of fresh leadership that a strong woman can bring to...
  • US superdelegates on the spot

    04/23/2008 9:17:30 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 19 replies · 74+ views
    Herald Sun ^ | 24 April 2008
    HILLARY Clinton, buoyed by her win in the Pennsylvania primary, has piled pressure on top Democratic Party officials who hold the key to her gripping White House feud with Barack Obama. The "superdelegates" who can vote how they like at the party's August convention came under a glaring spotlight after Senator Clinton defied Senator Obama's latest bid to bundle her out of the contest with a 10-point triumph in yesterday's vote. Though Senator Clinton trails Senator Obama by every metric in the race, the result gave the former first lady more time to raise doubts among party members that her...
  • Undecided superdelegates don't feel bound by primaries

    04/20/2008 9:08:35 AM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 17 replies · 65+ views
    ap.google.com ^ | 04/20/08 | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the Democratic superdelegates who are still undecided say the most important factor in their decision is simple — they just want a winner in November. Problem is, after nearly four months of primaries and caucuses in 46 states, territories and the District of Columbia, they still aren't sure who that is, don't seem be in any hurry to make up their minds and aren't interested in any artificial process that might force them to choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Most of the more than 100 undecided superdelegates who discussed their decision-making with...