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Clinton, Obama Bicker About How to Count Superdelegates

He says obey voter will; she wants autonomy

Feb 17, 08 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - As superdelegates appear ever more likely to play a deciding role in the Dems' hotly contested primary battle, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are pushing very different visions of how they should decide how to vote, the Washington Post reports. Obama wants them to follow the will of voters in... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Michigan • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • Election 2008

Dems Hope
to Head Off Convention Feuding

Al Gore could
play peacemaker

Feb 16, 08 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Concerns about party unity are keeping Al Gore and other senior Democrats neutral in the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton face-off—at least for now, the New York Times reports. Party elders are painfully aware that infighting or back-room dealing at the Democratic National Convention could look like the will of the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • superdelegates

Quid Pro Quo: Obama, Clinton Gave $890K to Superdelegates

Donations 'reliable predictor' of vote pattern

Feb 15, 08 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have given $890,000 to campaigns of the 796 superdelegates who could decide the Democratic presidential nomination, a nonpartisan research group says. Such donations “have been a generally reliable predictor of whose side a superdelegate will take,” the report notes. Obama's PAC has... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • Center for Responsive Politics

Superdelegates Are White Men

Possible decision-makers represent paradoxical turn in historic primary

Feb 15, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If the Democratic primary comes down to the superdelegate vote, the historic black man-vs.-white-woman race will be decided by ... white men. At least 46% of the party’s superdelegates are white men, compared to just 28% of Democratic voters. “Obviously, it’s an imperfect system,” one representative... More »

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race • Democratic National Convention • white male • Democratic Party • female voters • African-American voters • superdelegates • Election 2008

Clinton's Black Allies Defecting

John Lewis may switch vote; another House member already has

Feb 15, 08 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is starting to lose the support of prominent black leaders—and superdelegates— who previously backed her. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who carries great influence in Congress, says he's now tilting toward Barack Obama. Another Georgia Democrat, David Scott, already switched, the AP reports. “Something is... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • primary • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • caucus • campaign • Democratic nomination • endorsement • Jim Clyburn • delegates • superdelegates • David Scott • Jesse Jackson Jr. • John Lewis • Emanuel Cleaver

Obama Delegate Lead Dicey
for Clinton

Unlikely to catch up, she'll push for Fla., Mich. delegates

Feb 14, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has taken a lead of more than 100 delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination, leaving Hillary Clinton with a deficit she's not likely to make up unless she wins Texas and Ohio with a landslide, the New York Times reports. With dwindling options, aides say she'll... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Michigan primary • delegates • Florida primary • superdelegates • Election 2008

OPINION

Hillary-Leaning Super Delegates May Cut, Run

Party loyalty to Clintons is already strained, IOUs collected

Feb 13, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign is fraught with worries after eight straight Barack Obama victories, and as Hillary loses momentum she may also be bleeding superdelegates, writes the AP's Ron Fournier. Even the most devoted Clinton allies aren't likely to stick around long if it looks like the Good Ship Hillary is... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Democratic National Committee • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • superdelegates

Harsh Reality: Clinton May Lose

Backers nervous as she heads into must-win situation in Texas and Ohio

Feb 12, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - With a string of losses swinging momentum away, Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff and supporters are slowly realizing she could actually lose. “She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out,” a superdelegate supporting the onetime frontrunner told the New York Times. Other... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Texas • Ohio • Clinton 2008 • Democratic nomination • superdelegates

Clinton Clings
to Lead in
Superdelegates

Democrats trade words
about process; AP tallies votes

Feb 11, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Even after Barack Obama's weekend primary victories, he and Hillary Clinton are neck-and-neck in the delegate race thanks to her lead among superdelegates. By the AP's count, Clinton has won endorsements from 243 of the 796 party officials and insiders who vote at the convention for the candidate of their... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • superdelegates

Super Delegate Situation a Tangled Thicket

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

Feb 10, 08 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 Democrats may not end up... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates

Barack Battle
Strategy Snares
Delegate Bonus

Strategy to capitalize on mid-sized states likely to pay off come March

Feb 10, 08 5:35 AM CST
(Newser) - With three monster victories yesterday, Barack Obama could be poised to extend his pledged, "locked-in" delegate lead over Hillary Clinton before March 4 brings contests in Ohio and Texas. The gain is a feather in the cap of the Illinois senator's strategists, who had been doubted for aiming so... More »

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Barack Obama • Louisiana • Nebraska • Washington • Democratic presidential primaries • delegates • superdelegates • Virgin Islands

Team Obama Prepares for Stalemate

Leaked memo forecasts dead heat with Clinton for nom

Feb 7, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign is preparing for a deadlocked contest with Hillary Clinton and forecasting a virtual tie in the race for Democratic delegates, according to an internal memo. Bloomberg reports Obama's advisers envision him winning 19 of 27 remaining primaries but giving Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to Clinton. That scenario... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Committee • Democratic Party • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates • Election 2008

Obama Claims Super Tuesday Delegate Win 

Democrats move
into virtual tie as
count continues

Feb 6, 08 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - With delegate allocations still incomplete after last night's voting, Barack Obama claims to have taken a lead over Hillary Clinton in Super Tuesday delegates. Counts vary, but they all show the two candidates virtually tied. NBC gives Obama about 840 to Clinton's 830—“give or take a few,”... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Super Tuesday • Democratic nomination • delegates • superdelegates

Clinton Wins 'Comeback,'
But No Slack

Next few primaries favor Obama; race moves to superdelegates

Feb 6, 08 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - With Barack Obama still very much in the race after Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton turned away from her rival momentarily to take aim at the Republicans last night. "I won't let anyone Swift Boat this country's future," Clinton announced to followers. But she can't afford to take the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Super Tuesday • GOP • Texas primary • Swift Boating • Ohio primary • superdelegates • Election 2008

OPINION

Super Delegates Will Crown
Dem Nominee

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

Feb 4, 08 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 the nod. That's where 796... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic Party • convention • superdelegates • Election 2008

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