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Holdout Superdelegates Play Wait-and-See in Pa.

Last 7 uncommitted pols may stall until after primary

Apr 14, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face off in Pennsylvania next Tuesday not only for 158 pledged delegates, but also for seven undeclared superdelegates, many of whom are awaiting the outcome of the primary. Fourteen Pennsylvania superdelegates have sided with Clinton and five with Obama, the Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice reports. The... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pennsylvania • superdelegates

Media Can't Agree on Superdelegate Count

Tally varies as superdelegates hedge their bets

Apr 11, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Media can't settle on a superdelegate count these days because many of the mucky-mucks refuse to name a candidate, Politico reports. Current figures all have Clinton leading Obama—and she needs the votes badly—but media estimates vary from 256-225 to 221-209. “This is an art rather than a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic presidential primaries • delegates • superdelegates • Election 2008 • delegate count

OPINION

Clinton Touts Leadership,
but Her Campaign Lacks It

She's asked Dems to judge candidates by standard she hasn't met

Apr 9, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - If voters judged the Democratic candidates by the standard Hillary Clinton has been promoting—competent leadership—her own performance at the helm of her campaign isn't making her case, write Jim VandeHei and David Paul Kuhn in Politico. While Clinton’s had two major staff shakeups, major money problems, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • campaign fundraising • leadership • superdelegates

Opinion

Why Clinton Should be Winning

If primaries were winner-take-all, she'd have a tidy lead

Apr 7, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is beating Hillary Clinton in the delegate count only because of the eccentricities of the Democratic Primary system, argues Sean Wilentz on Salon. Like it or not, the general election will be a winner-take-all affair, and if the primaries were conducted the same way, Clinton would lead Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates • delegate count

 Carter Closer to Backing Obama 

Former president, superdelegate coy in dangling endorsement

Apr 4, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter all but endorsed Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee, Reuters reports. His home state of Georgia went to Obama, Carter reminded a Nigerian newspaper, and his children and their families support the Illinois senator. "As a superdelegate,” he continued, “I would not disclose who... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • endorsement • Barack Obama supporters • political endorsement • superdelegates • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Obama's $40M in March Doubles Clinton's Take

Money isn't everything, Hillary camp reminds— but it's still a big deal

Apr 3, 08 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama raised $40 million in March to Hillary Clinton’s $20 million, and, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post, financial perceptions could spell doom for the former first lady. While Clinton appears to have the money to compete right now, she’ll only keep raking it in if... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign fundraising • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary

 Dems Closer to Florida Deal; Dean Vows to Seat Delegates

Campaigns, party consider reducing votes by half

Apr 2, 08 10:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama and Clinton campaigns and the DNC are discussing a plan to seat Florida’s 185-delegate slate according to the outlaw primary’s results—but to give the delegates only half a vote each, Politico reports. Separately, Dean met with Florida Democratic leaders today and declared, "We will... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • delegates • Florida primary • superdelegates

Bill Surprises Delegates
With Rant About Richardson

Bubba also furious over media treatment of Hillary

Apr 2, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton surprised a group of 15 California superdelegates with an angry rant about Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Obama, media bias, and the calls for Hillary to drop out, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A finger-pointing Bill vented about his old friend: “Five times to my face he... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Bill Clinton • superdelegates

ANALYSIS

Undeclared
Superdelegates:
the Bestiary

Politico unveils the motives of the 'undecided' kingdom

Mar 31, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 460 Democratic superdelegates have yet to throw support behind a candidate. Politico reports that few if any are truly undecided, and offers a taxonomy of the undeclared:
  1. Crypto-Obamans—Superdelegates like Nancy Pelosi, who haven't come out for a candidate, but are assumed to be sympathetic to Obama.
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates

 Bill to Dems on Primaries: Chill! 

Let primary process continue, he urges party faithful

Mar 31, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former President Bill Clinton told California Democrats to "chill out" and let the long, bruising battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination continue. "We are going to win this election if we just chill out and let everybody have their say," Clinton told... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic nomination • San Jose, California • delegates • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • pledged delegates

Dems Hope
May 6 Primary Will Settle Race

Indiana contest could break stalemate, move superdelegates

Mar 30, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many Democratic observers are looking past the April 22 Pennsylvania primary to the May 6 contests in Indiana and North Carolina as a chance to finally determine the primary race before the national convention. With 187 delegates at stake, May 6 holds the biggest delegate trove remaining, and the outcome... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • North Carolina • Indiana • superdelegates • Indiana primary • North Carolina primary

'Ugly, Divided' Party Will Lose, Dean Warns

Dems keep clashing over fallout from primary battle

Mar 29, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats continue to clash over the effects of a long and bitter primary race, the New York Times reports. "If we have an ugly, divided convention, we will lose" the November election, said Howard Dean, who has called on superdelegates to decide by July. But Hillary-backer Gov. Tom... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Patrick Leahy • Democratic Party • superdelegates

 Leahy Be Damned,
 Hillary Soldiers On 

Clinton has no thoughts of dropping campaign, as Dems wonder about the health of the party

Mar 29, 08 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citing the rights of voters to speak their piece and the “many differing opinions and strong-minded individuals” of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton yesterday reaffirmed her candidacy in the face of senator Patrick Leahy’s call for her end a campaign with “no very good reason” to continue... More »

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Leahy to Clinton:
You're Out

Influential Democrat wants peace; Dean suggests deadline

Mar 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continued sniping with Hillary Clinton is hurting Barack Obama's chances of winning the White House, and "she ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama," Sen. Pat Leahy told Vermont Public Radio in an interview aired today. The harsh assessment coincided with a suggestion from... More »

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OPINION

Al Gore, Dems' Back-Up Plan

In spring's silly season, inconvenient nominee doesn't look impossible: Klein

Mar 28, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the Democratic nomination isn’t wrapped up before August's convention, the party might have a third choice: the one they crowned in 2000. If Barack Obama is too bloodied and Hillary Clinton too divisive, Joe Klein writes in Time, a superdelegate coup could yield an Al Gore-Obama ticket on... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Al Gore • Democratic National Convention • negative campaigning • superdelegates

Pa. Senator to Endorse Obama

Backing represents
big break; Casey had vowed to stay neutral
in crucial race

Mar 28, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey will endorse Barack Obama today, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, in what could be big break for the presidential hopeful who's been trailing Hillary Clinton in polls there. Not only can Casey help Obama with Keystone State Democrats, says Politico’s Ben Smith, but his endorsement... More »

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Superdelegates Ask: Which Candidate Has the Coattails?

Undecided Pa. Dems look to own reelection

Mar 27, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten of Pennsylvania's superdelegates have yet to back a Democratic presidential candidate ahead of the April 22 primary. And while Clinton is expected to win the balloting, Bloomberg writes, some—especially several freshman congressmen up for reelection—are concerned that her "high negatives" might inspire more Republicans to come... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • re-election • coattails

Superdelegates Should Hold Superprimary: Tenn. Gov.

Superdelegate says Democratic party needs to settle nomination soon

Mar 26, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats should hold a superdelegate superprimary to settle the race before the summer, says Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen. “You’re going to spend this whole summer—and lots of money and time and effort—trying to convince people that whoever isn’t eventually nominated, isn’t electable,” says... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential primaries • Democratic nomination • Democratic Party • superdelegates • Phil Bredesen

OPINION

In Democrats' Primary Mess, Democracy Is Real Loser

Front-loaded slate had too many vote too soon

Mar 24, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Info on the Democratic candidates is pouring out, too late for most voters to get much out of it, Walter Shapiro complains in Salon. "Most Democratic voters will have chosen between Clinton and Obama back in February," he gripes, and the voting that produced Obama's delegate lead is... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Democratic campaign • superdelegates • poll numbers

OPINION

Clinton's Done; Media in Denial

'Comeback kid redux' hopes endure, and besides, horserace makes a better story

Mar 21, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has sewn up the Democratic nomination, but the press refuses to report it, Politico’s Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen contend. "Reporters and editors love a close race — it’s more fun and it’s good for business," the veteran journalists write. They crunch the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • media bias

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