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Super Delegates Will Crown Dem Nominee

Blogger runs math, fears party choice will 'lack legitimacy'

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2008 10:06 PM CST

(Newser) – So-called super delegates will end up crowning the Democratic presidential nominee, Open Left’s Chris Bowers blogs. Even if Hillary Clinton wins a whopping 937 delegates to Barack Obama’s 862 on Super Tuesday, she would have to score 76% of the rest to win... Read full story »

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