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 Mich., Fla. Get Full Delegations

But compromise shouldn't endanger Obama

Washington Post Washington Post Aug 25, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The much-contested delegations from Michigan and Florida will receive full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention tonight, the Washington Post reports. Michigan and Florida’s primaries favored Hillary Clinton, but adjustments have been made in Obama’s favor, and Clinton seems poised to release her delegates to vote as they choose. More »

ANALYSIS


 How Obama Did It:
 The Delegate
 Strategy 

Delegate-by-delegate fight led to historic upset

Washington Post Washington Post 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 states. Rather, the campaign fought delegate by delegate in an uphill "slog" against the establishment candidate. More »

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

 AP: Obama 'Effectively'
 Clinches Nomination 

Tally based partly on private superdelegate commitments

Associated Press Associated Press 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 has tallied the required 2,118 delegates and “outlasted” Hillary Clinton. More »

 Obama Pulls Ahead of
 McCain by 8 Points 

Likely nominee now has majority of pledged delegates

Reuters Reuters May 21, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama, who claimed a majority of pledged delegates last night after his win in the Oregon primary, has opened up an 8-point lead over John McCain in national polling, reports Reuters. Obama, who was tied with McCain in the Reuters/Zogby poll a month ago, also doubled, to 26 points, his lead over Hillary Clinton among Democrats. In a Clinton-McCain matchup, the two candidates are at level pegging. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • Hillary Clinton • poll • pledged delegates

 Obama Plans 
 'Victory' Trip to Iowa 

Senator hopes to move closer to nod in state that started it all

Reuters Reuters May 18, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama plans a primary-day early victory trip to Iowa, where he won the Democrats’ first contest, Reuters reports. He anticipates grabbing a majority of pledged delegates after the Oregon and Kentucky vote that will help clinch the race —though neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates to lock the nomination until the convention. “It will be a nice reunion with everybody who helped us get started,” he said. But Hillary Clinton's not giving up. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Iowa • Iowa caucus • pledged delegates • campaign stops

 Obama Will
 Declare Victory
 on May 20 

That's the day he'll have a majority of pledged delegates

Politico Politico May 8, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama plans to lay claim to his party’s nomination on May 20, the day that votes in Kentucky and Oregon will net him a majority of pledged delegates, a top aide tells Politico, setting up what David Paul Kuhn calls “a train wreck waiting to happen.” For at least 11 days—until the DNC meets on whether and how to seat Michigan and Florida’s outlaw delegates—the Clinton camp will dispute it. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • superdelegates • pledged delegates • Oregon primary • Kentucky primary

Obama Appears To Gain in Texas Delegate Count

State convention tally would boost him past Clinton overall there

Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Mar 31, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama apparently overtook Hillary Clinton in Texas’ pledged-delegate count after this weekend’s regional Democratic conventions netted him seven to nine more at-large delegates than Clinton, the Houston Chronicle reports. “We can confirm now that Barack Obama won Texas,” an aide said after the campaign's math gave the Illinois senator a five-delegate lead; Clinton's camp puts Obama's edge at three. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Texas primary • pledged delegates

 Bill to Dems on Primaries: Chill! 

Let primary process continue, he urges party faithful

San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News 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 the state Democratic convention in San Jose yesterday. He said it would strengthen the Democratic Party to allow the rest of the states to vote. More »

Superdelegates Waiting to Pick Sides

Batch of party elites could pick the next nominee

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 9, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton lost Wyoming yesterday, but today the Washington Post has some welcome news for the Democratic underdog: Many superdelegates say they’ll wait until the end of the primaries to chose a candidate. “You’re going to see a lot of delegates remaining uncommitted,” said one neutral Democratic congressman. “There’s a sense that this is going to Denver not resolved.” More »

Hillary Superdelegates Hold Firm

Dem leaders worried insiders could snatch nomination from popular vote

The Hill The Hill Feb 27, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats who support Hillary Clinton appear to be rejecting calls to switch their support to Barack Obama if circumstances give the super delegates the deciding votes, the Hill reports. Despite charges that it would be anti-democratic to defy voters in their home states, many who talked to the Hill say they won't budge—with one member adding that the only way he wouldn’t vote for Clinton is if she died. More »

This Week's Other Caucus

Wyoming Republicans choose a candidate Saturday, but nobody knows who's in the lead

Associated Press Associated Press Jan 3, 08 8:05 AM CST
(Newser) - With all eyes focused on Iowa, another state is gearing up for its own caucus: Wyoming, whose Republican Party will choose delegates this Saturday. Only three candidates have bothered to visit Dick Cheney's home state ahead of the poll, and none are planning to show up between now and Saturday except back-of-the-pack Duncan Hunter, who's floated a possible appearance. "Candidates are where the media are," one professor told the AP. More »

More about:  Election 2008 • Republican presidential primaries • Wyoming • pledged delegates

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