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Dems Tussle for 'Super Delegates'

Posted Jan 14, 08 3:35 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – If Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama go neck-and-neck through February 5, "super delegates" may decide the Democratic nominee, reports the LA Times. The goal is 2,025—the number of convention delegates needed to secure the nomination—but the grail is the 796 elected officials who are free to vote their personal preference, regardless of the vote in their home state.

Clinton has 163 super delegates on her side, 99 more than Obama, and the scramble for the backing of the highest-profile super delegates is on. "It's gone pretty far," Bill Richardson said of the push for his endorsement, which presumably would secure Latino votes and the favor of New Mexico's lawmakers and political financiers. Claire McCaskill has already made up her mind: The Missouri senator endorsed Obama yesterday.

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Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a town hall meeting at Rosemary Clarke Middle School in Pahrump, Nev., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., takes the stage with area church members during a campaign stop in this Nov. 27, 2007 file photo, in Spartanburg, S.C. Clinton picked...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, regarding the introduction of a bill that bans lobbyists from paying people to wait in line...   (Associated Press)
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson talks to supporters and the press news conference in the Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe, N. M., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, announcing he was dropping his bid for the Democratic...   (Associated Press)
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