Clinton loses D.C. superdelegate to Obama
May 17, 2008 at 6:51 PM by David Pleasant
Via Joe Sudbay:
D.C. City Councilmember [and supredelegate] Jack Evans today announced that he is switching his support from Clinton to Obama.
Tag Archive for 'delegates'
162 delegate lead is not ‘close’
May 13, 2008 at 11:55 PM by David Pleasant
Hillary told a few lies in her speech tonight, like "the number of delegates needed to win is 2,209," but this statement definitely surpasses that.
So as we look at the stakes in this election, I think we can all agree it’s been unprecedented. We haven’t had an election like it for as long as anyone [...]
Oh the Irony — Unelectable Candidate Has the Lead
May 10, 2008 at 2:26 AM by David Pleasant
Speaks for itself.
Click for graphic "How Clinton Lost the Lead"
By JOHN M. BRODER Published: May 10, 2008
The trump card Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton held in her faltering bid for president — her support among the superdelegates who can control the fate of [...]
It’s getting hot in the kitchen
May 7, 2008 at 4:07 PM by David Pleasant
A newspaper calls for Clinton to drop out and Obama gets the endorsements of four superdelgates and a former presidential nominee.
Former Sen. George McGovern, a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton until today, endorsed Barack Obama and urged Clinton to drop out. McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, is not a superdelegate (not sure why), but [...]
Another pledged delegate kerfuffle
Mar 10, 2008 at 8:52 PM by Political Chase
The Clinton camp created a kerfuffle over poaching delegates a few weeks ago and later denied there was anything to it. Well, based on Hillary’s choice of words in the Newsweek interview (discussed earlier today) it’s back on the burner. This is what Hillary said.
There are elected delegates, caucus delegates and superdelegates, all for different [...]
