Orangepeel
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Sat Feb-09-08 04:45 PM
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I don't believe that SUPERDELEGATES will make a difference at the convention. |
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Edited on Sat Feb-09-08 05:33 PM by orangepeel68
Any superdelegate that has not already committed is waiting to endorse the winner.
I don't believe the superdelegates will be a "problem" at the convention. Most will go with the candidate who has the most pledged delegates. I don't know exactly how many superdelegates have yet to commit to a candidate, but I am guesstimating it at 487 (compared to 309 who have committed)*
IMO, the candidate who has the most pledged delegates going into the convention will win.
__________ The MSNBC website gives the total number of delegates won so far at 1742 The CNN website includes superdelegates and gives the total number as 2051 If these numbers are correct, then 309 superdelegates have committed. There are 796 total superdelegates, according to the NY Times via Wikipedia. So, 487 Superdelegates have not yet committed. Why? Because they are waiting to see who wins.WI
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Sat Feb-09-08 05:43 PM
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Sat Feb-09-08 05:46 PM
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No one benefits by having the supers decide it. Not the eventual Nominee, obviously not the loser, not the Democratic Party and certainly not the voter.
The supers will go to the winner. The only question is, how will that be determined?
Hopefully the one with the most popular votes will be the one with the most pledged delegates. If that is the case, there will be a clear winner.
In the event of one taking the Popular Vote, and one taking the Pledged delegates, who is the winner?
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Sat Feb-09-08 06:07 PM
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3. That'll be tricky. I think in that case they will vote with their districts |
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which should favor the winner of the pledged delegates. I don't know that for sure, of course. I am basing it on the assumption that the superdelegates who have not committed do not have a strong personal preference (or they would have committed already). They are waiting to see which way the wind is blowing.
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