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Super Delegate Situation a Tangled Thicket

796 insiders must walk line between public's wish, party allegiances

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 10, 2008 6:23 AM CST

(Newser) – Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have long been courting superdelegates—the 796 Democratic insiders whose votes are becoming ever more critical to their party's nomination—but the situation is rife with potential pitfalls, explains the Washington Post. The idea that the votes of everyday... Read full story »

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