Deja Q
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:42 PM
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LATEST DELEGATE COUNT (from MSN) |
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TOP DEMOCRATS 2,025 delegates needed Candidate Delegates* Barack Obama 63 Hillary Clinton 48 TOP REPUBLICANS 1,191 delegates needed Candidate Delegates* John McCain 93 Mitt Romney 77 Mike Huckabee 58 Ron Paul 4 http://www.msn.com/?lc=1033
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:44 PM
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1. what happened to the delegates Edwards earned? |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:49 PM
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2. That is what I want to know |
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They aren't telling the whole story AGAIN!
Why am I not surprised?
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:27 PM
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Coexist
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:51 PM
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3. why are the Superdelegates showing as pledged here: |
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Tue Feb-05-08 05:56 PM
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4. There are about 750 superdelegates so about 40-45% |
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have pledged to Clinton or Obama. Remember, since they aren't elected as delegates the pledge is just that. They are allowed to change their mind at any time. If they think one candidate will have a better chance in the general election they could change their pledge.
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:11 PM
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6. I thought that, once pledged, they could't change it? |
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:27 PM
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8. I'm pretty sure they can change it right up until the end |
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Tue Feb-05-08 07:29 PM
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The whole concept of the 'superdelegates' was to act as a brake on the primary process. If, in the great wisdom of the superdelegates the voters had selected someone who was unelectable in the general the supers could act as a bloc to defeat that candidate. So they can change right up to the last second.
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Tue Feb-05-08 06:08 PM
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5. 2,025 needed 1,681 Dem delegates up for grabs today - there will be no winner tonight n/t |
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