What happens to Edwards' delegates?

[Killarney]

I think he has 25-ish.

Can they switch to whoever they want or does Edwards at one point steer them toward a candidate?

[tulsakatz]

1. last night on Olbermann.........

...it was mentioned that the delegates make the decision of who to support now. Apparently Edwards doesn't control that....although he could endorse someone else.

[glowing]

2. Pretty much.. You are supposed to be loyal.. but can decide to do what

once you are at the conference..

In fact, he might have "suspended" his campaign... to work on the Super Delegates after the children are done with their little shouting match.. meanwhile, providing little toys all over the floor for the Repugs to pick up.

[MethuenProgressive]

3. He'll sell them for a promise of the AG job.

I thought it was 50-something?

[Yossariant]

5. I thought so, too --- so I googled.

The damn rules are sooo complicated. If I didn't know better, I'd think they don't want us to know what's going on. ;-)


An immediate impact of Edwards' withdrawal will be six additional delegates for Obama, giving him a total of 187, and four more for Clinton, giving her 253. A total of 2,025 delegates are needed to secure the Democratic nomination.

Edwards won 26 delegates in the Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina contests. Under party rules, 10 of those delegates will be automatically dispersed among Obama and Clinton, based on their vote totals in those respective contests. The remaining 16 remain pledged to Edwards, meaning his campaign will have a say in naming them.

Three superdelegates — mainly party and elected officials who automatically attend the convention and can support whomever they choose — had already switched from Edwards to Obama before news of Edwards' withdrawal from the race.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hoAvkYTooNMqpzn8fF_3B76ko8eAD8UGBH0O0

The numbers don't quite add up, but I suppose the article-writer isn't privy to the super-duper, eyes-only top secret rules.

[Speciesamused]

4. The decider of who is King or Queen.

Well there are some DU people who are
still going to vote for him. From what I hear he will
stay on the ballot. He is doing this because if Obama
and Clinton are a tie he will decide who is the pres.
The biggest problem we have is our voting system.
it is comparable to a third world. I am for the
National Popular vote Plan. Check it. Peace
""

[Yukari Yakumo]

6. Unlikely if not impossible

In order to play the role of kingmaker he needs a large bloc of delegates at his disposal. The 16 or so he has left is not remotely enough to play that role.