In Superdelegate Count, Tough Math for Clinton

[babylonsister]

In Superdelegate Count, Tough Math for Clinton

By JOHN HARWOOD
Published: April 7, 2008


The hill that Hillary Rodham Clinton must climb to beat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination will grow a little steeper on Monday, as it has most days lately.

Margaret Campbell, a Montana state legislator, plans to declare her support for Senator Obama, of Illinois. She becomes the 69th superdelegate he has picked up since the Feb. 5 coast-to-coast string of primary elections and caucus votes.

In the same period, Senator Clinton, of New York, has seen a net loss of two superdelegates, according to figures from the Obama campaign that Clinton aides do not dispute. That erosion may dim Mrs. Clinton’s remaining hopes even more than internal campaign turmoil, which led to the ouster on Sunday of the campaign’s chief strategist, Mark Penn.

Trailing by more than 160 pledged delegates — those chosen in state primaries or caucuses — Mrs. Clinton has counted on superdelegates to help her overtake Mr. Obama with a late surge before the party’s convention in August. The party’s rules for proportional allocation make it highly difficult for her to erase Mr. Obama’s pledged delegate lead, even if she sweeps the final 10 contests.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/us/politics/07caucus.html?ref=us

[antigop]

1. But she is targeting pledged delegates...to switch to her

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8583.html
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Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.

This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.
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[robinlynne]

2. More and more I am hearing that her goal is for McCain to win because he will only get one term,

and she can come back in 4 years. It may be true.

[babylonsister]

3. She's targeting anything that moves. nt

[antigop]

4. HA! n/t

[WAKEUPUSA]

5. Math

Tough math for Clinton and a tough 4 years for the US if Obama gets in. Of course that won't happen because McCain will slaughter him in a general election.

Say no to 4 years of Jimmy Carter (Obama)
Say no to 4 years of Bush (McCain)

Say yes to a WOMAN finally getting the job done right!! GO HILLARY!