Comments on: 3 More Superdelegates For Obama http://donklephant.com/2008/04/16/3-more-superdelegates-for-obama/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mw http://donklephant.com/2008/04/16/3-more-superdelegates-for-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-396393 mw Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:23:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5259#comment-396393 Mark, You should not assume that those of us south of the border are any less perplexed. Many of us have learned more this year about the Democratic Party nomination process than we ever wanted to know. To some degree, there is less than meets the eye with these Superdelegate announcements. There are no rules committing them. They can change their mind as often as they like up to the nomination. Obama has been very effective in managing these announcements to try and create a PR impression of momentum and inevitability. Of course that rings false if Clinton takes PA and IN and the popular vote differential continues to narrow, with Clinton surpassing Obama after Puerto Rico in June. All of which I expect to happen. The thing to look for, is when the first Superdelegate announced for Obama changes his/her mind and announces for Clinton. The end is nigh for the Obama campaign when that starts. Mark,
You should not assume that those of us south of the border are any less perplexed. Many of us have learned more this year about the Democratic Party nomination process than we ever wanted to know. To some degree, there is less than meets the eye with these Superdelegate announcements. There are no rules committing them. They can change their mind as often as they like up to the nomination. Obama has been very effective in managing these announcements to try and create a PR impression of momentum and inevitability. Of course that rings false if Clinton takes PA and IN and the popular vote differential continues to narrow, with Clinton surpassing Obama after Puerto Rico in June. All of which I expect to happen.

The thing to look for, is when the first Superdelegate announced for Obama changes his/her mind and announces for Clinton. The end is nigh for the Obama campaign when that starts.

]]> By: Mark http://donklephant.com/2008/04/16/3-more-superdelegates-for-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-396381 Mark Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:29:00 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5259#comment-396381 As an outside observer (I am Canadian), I find your election process to be perplexing yet fascinating at the same time. I wish someone would provide a way of seeing where these super delegates are putting their support and when. It would be interesting to see if a pattern of support is emerging for either candidate. I also find it curious that everyone seems to have a different total for the delegate counts. As an outside observer (I am Canadian), I find your election process to be perplexing yet fascinating at the same time. I wish someone would provide a way of seeing where these super delegates are putting their support and when. It would be interesting to see if a pattern of support is emerging for either candidate. I also find it curious that everyone seems to have a different total for the delegate counts.

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