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NEWS ABOUT: delegate count

delegate count stories: 10 news summaries
ANALYSIS


 How Obama Did It:
 The Delegate
 Strategy 

Delegate-by-delegate fight led to historic upset

Jun 4, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last night was not a triumphant coronation for Barack Obama, whose campaign limped over the finish line in Montana and South Dakota. But the Illinois senator's victory over Hillary Clinton—one of the biggest upsets in US political history, writes the Washington Post—was never about glamorous wins in battleground... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Democratic presidential candidates • delegate count • pledged delegates • caucuses

 AP: Obama 'Effectively'
 Clinches Nomination 

Tally based partly on private superdelegate commitments

Jun 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP declared today that Barack Obama has “effectively clinched” the Democratic nomination, basing its projection in part on 15 private commitments from superdelegates. Adding to that a minimum 11 delegates Obama is poised to capture in the final two primaries today, the wire service concludes that the Chicagoan... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • nominee • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • delegate count • pledged delegates • Montana primary • South Dakota primary

Downtrodden Clinton Aides Grasp at Fla., Mich. Straws

Top adviser: 'We lost this thing in February'

May 7, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last night’s primary disappointments have Hillary Clinton's aides skeptical about their candidate’s chances, the Washington Post reports. Advisers say their only hope is a last-ditch push to include results from Florida and Michigan. “Absent some sort of miracle on May 31st, it’s going to be... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Michigan primary • Florida primary • delegate count • Indiana primary

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

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

Superdelegates Should Follow Voters: Pelosi

Speaker agrees with Obama as hopeful gains 14 delegates

Mar 16, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi boosted Barack Obama today by saying superdelegates should vote with the people, Politico reports. “If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party,” the House speaker said on ABC’s "This Week". Ex-lawmaker Bill... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa caucus • delegates • California primary • superdelegates • Election 2008 • delegate count • Leon Panetta

Obama Rejects VP Offer
as 'Double-Speak'

Clinton camp says rival has not 'passed commander in chief test'

Mar 10, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama spurned Hillary Clinton's vice presidential offer today as an attempt to "hoodwink" and "bamboozle" voters, the Los Angeles Times reports. “I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who is in first place,” he said,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • vice president • Democratic presidential candidates • Election 2008 • delegate count

Candidates Spin Tuesday: Math vs. Momentum

Superdelegates loom ever larger as Clinton barely narrows deficit

Mar 6, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's victories in Texas and Ohio changed little in the race for pledged delegates—by some estimates she netted only five—but Tuesday's primaries changed the dynamic of the Democratic contest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The candidates have divergent arguments: Barack Obama's team says the math favors him;... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • Texas primary • Ohio primary • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • delegate count

Obama Claims Texas Caucus Win

Caucuses tip Lone Star delegate advantage

Mar 6, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - With caucus results still coming in last night, Barack Obama's camp projects a victory for their candidate in Texas delegates. While Clinton won the Tuesday primary by a thin margin, netting her 65 delegates to Obama’s 61, Obama appears to have prevailed in the caucuses later that night, giving... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Texas • caucus • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Texas primary • delegate count

Can Huckabee Bowl Over Wisc.?

Candidate won't knuckle under, campaigns harder than McCain

Feb 18, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite a chorus of calls for him to give up his campaign, Mike Huckabee is hitting the trail even harder than John McCain in Wisconsin, where he faces an uphill battle, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. And although McCain leads in the delegate count, Huckabee is getting a warm welcome... More »

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John McCain • Wisconsin • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Cayman Islands • Republican nomination • campaign trail • delegate count

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