{"id":2361,"date":"2008-01-30T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T16:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/battle-for-superdelegates\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T16:56:38","slug":"battle-for-superdelegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/battle-for-superdelegates\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle for Superdelegates"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Background, a Battle for Superdelegates<\/a> – washingtonpost.com, By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane<\/p>\n

Of the nearly 300 superdelegates who have committed to a candidate, out of a total of 796, Clinton leads Obama roughly by a 2-to-1 ratio, according to numerous counts. The lead is so substantial, her campaign asserts, that even if Obama pulls ahead in pledged delegates after Feb. 5, Clinton will probably retain a modest edge in the overall delegate tally.<\/p>\n

But there is a catch. While delegates chosen in a primary or caucus are technically committed to a candidate, superdelegates can change their allegiance at any time. …<\/p>\n

While many superdelegates are prominent names in political circles — including Clinton aides Harold Ickes and Minyon Moore — the largest number, a total of 411, are rank-and-file members of the Democratic National Committee — such as local party activists who work in manufacturing and teachers unions — many of whom rose to power during the Clinton administration. These local activists may not bring the same symbolic freight a Kennedy does, but they count equally as superdelegates and are overwhelmingly allied with Clinton.<\/p>\n

In the event that Clinton and Obama arrive in Denver for the party’s nominating convention with roughly equal numbers of pledged delegates, superdelegates could make the difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Background, a Battle for Superdelegates – washingtonpost.com, By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane Of the nearly 300 superdelegates who have committed to a candidate, out of a total of 796, Clinton leads Obama roughly by a 2-to-1 ratio, according to numerous counts. The lead is so substantial, her campaign asserts, that even if Obama … Continue reading Battle for Superdelegates<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}