Majority Leader Reid backs July 1 superdelegate deadline

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: April 1, 2008
Reid backs July 1 superdelegate deadline

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid revealed Tuesday that he supported a proposal that would ask Democratic superdelegates to weigh in publicly by July 1.

The plan, proposed by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, would mean the Democratic nominee would be known sometime between the end of the primary season in early June and the beginning of July – long before the August nominating convention in Denver.

"Sen. Reid agrees that superdelegates who have already made up their minds declare their support by July 1," Reid spokesman Jim Manley told CNN.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said earlier Tuesday that she “hopes” the contest will end before July, but did not back calls to make that deadline a mandatory one, saying she thought the process “will work its course” without interference.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/01/reid-backs-july-1-superdelegate-deadline/

[Pawel K]

1. Good for Reid. And pelosi needs to stop hoping things will just work their course

I guess that explains why impeachment is off the table.

[Clear Blue Sky]

2. Asking is fine. Are there teeth in this or is it just a request?

[Bill McBlueState]

3. why so late?

The last primary is June 3. Surely the superdelegates don't need four additional weeks to decide. I support the principle of Reid's request, but the date should be June 10.

[Cha]

4. Yeah, that's a Tuesday..and preferably

in the morning sometime. Then our candidate will have all summer to campaign against mccain.

I hope it gets settled before, though.