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« Reply #475 on: May 28, 2008, 02:36:14 PM »
Quote from: Flem on May 28, 2008, 02:35:07 PM
I heard a rumor that Obama is banking most of his supers right now.

What does that mean, exactly?
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« Reply #476 on: May 28, 2008, 02:45:27 PM »
Quote from: GM3 on May 28, 2008, 02:36:14 PM
Quote from: Flem on May 28, 2008, 02:35:07 PM
I heard a rumor that Obama is banking most of his supers right now.

What does that mean, exactly?

That any (or maybe most) superdelegates who have made it clear to the Obama campaign that they plan to endorse him were told to wait until after the June 3 primaries. Marc Ambinder reported that a couple of days ago.
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« Reply #477 on: May 28, 2008, 03:33:27 PM »
Quote from: Verily on May 28, 2008, 02:45:27 PM
Quote from: GM3 on May 28, 2008, 02:36:14 PM
Quote from: Flem on May 28, 2008, 02:35:07 PM
I heard a rumor that Obama is banking most of his supers right now.

What does that mean, exactly?

That any (or maybe most) superdelegates who have made it clear to the Obama campaign that they plan to endorse him were told to wait until after the June 3 primaries. Marc Ambinder reported that a couple of days ago.

Ok, that makes sense....thanks!
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« Reply #478 on: May 28, 2008, 03:35:21 PM »
Quote from: Verily on May 28, 2008, 02:45:27 PM
Quote from: GM3 on May 28, 2008, 02:36:14 PM
Quote from: Flem on May 28, 2008, 02:35:07 PM
I heard a rumor that Obama is banking most of his supers right now.

What does that mean, exactly?

That any (or maybe most) superdelegates who have made it clear to the Obama campaign that they plan to endorse him were told to wait until after the June 3 primaries. Marc Ambinder reported that a couple of days ago.

Smart move on his part.  Or, if the media makes a big deal out of a HRC win in PR, have about half of them endorse on the 2nd, and the other half on the 4th.
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« Reply #479 on: May 28, 2008, 04:04:31 PM »
Time for a mapular update:
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« Reply #480 on: May 28, 2008, 06:10:23 PM »
Oregon DNC Wayne Kinney for Obama
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« Reply #481 on: May 29, 2008, 04:12:28 AM »
How would the supers split if they followed the wishes of their constituents?

I believe senators would split 27-22 for Obama if they all supported the winner of their state (yes, I'm assuming MT and SD for Obama. Duh.)

Governors would, I think, be 14-13 for Clinton.

House Reps I'm less sure of...
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« Reply #482 on: May 29, 2008, 09:17:02 AM »
Oregon DNC Gail Rasmussen for Obama
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« Reply #483 on: May 29, 2008, 09:39:10 AM »
Hmm... like clockwork. It's almost as if they're all timing when they announce their endorsement... like someone has a masterplan or something. That would never happen though.
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« Reply #484 on: May 29, 2008, 09:52:46 AM »
Quote from: Gustaf on May 29, 2008, 04:12:28 AM
How would the supers split if they followed the wishes of their constituents?

I believe senators would split 27-22 for Obama if they all supported the winner of their state (yes, I'm assuming MT and SD for Obama. Duh.)

Governors would, I think, be 14-13 for Clinton.

House Reps I'm less sure of...

You get problems with DNC members, though, because they're not distributed remotely by population or "Democratic-ness" (heavy concentrations around DC, most particularly). Not that I'd object to all of Maryland, DC and Virginia's DNC members being obliged to vote for Obama, but, you know.
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« Reply #485 on: May 29, 2008, 10:18:04 AM »
Quote from: Verily on May 29, 2008, 09:52:46 AM
Quote from: Gustaf on May 29, 2008, 04:12:28 AM
How would the supers split if they followed the wishes of their constituents?

I believe senators would split 27-22 for Obama if they all supported the winner of their state (yes, I'm assuming MT and SD for Obama. Duh.)

Governors would, I think, be 14-13 for Clinton.

House Reps I'm less sure of...

You get problems with DNC members, though, because they're not distributed remotely by population or "Democratic-ness" (heavy concentrations around DC, most particularly). Not that I'd object to all of Maryland, DC and Virginia's DNC members being obliged to vote for Obama, but, you know.

Of course. But some of them are party chairs and in other ways tied to the local party, aren't they? I don't know what number you'd have left in the end, but I'd imagine it would make sense to split those according to national popular vote (i.e. 50-50)

Anyway, I would do the House reps but I don't got the time. Tongue
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« Reply #486 on: May 29, 2008, 12:40:19 PM »
DNC Eileen Macholl (WA) for Clinton. Her endorsement announcement makes it so laughably obvious that Patty Murray strong-armed her.
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« Reply #487 on: May 29, 2008, 12:50:03 PM »
« Edited: May 29, 2008, 12:52:33 PM by Alcon »
Georgia Rep. Jim Clyburn will be endorsing Tuesday - the suspense!!!1

(+1 Obama)
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« Reply #488 on: May 29, 2008, 01:00:41 PM »
Mrs. Chuck Hagel for Obama
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« Reply #489 on: May 29, 2008, 01:30:55 PM »
Lilibet? That's an awesome name.
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« Reply #490 on: May 29, 2008, 02:00:33 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on May 29, 2008, 09:17:02 AM
Oregon DNC Gail Rasmussen for Obama

By my count, that's the endorsement that guarantees Obama victory if MI/FL are completely barred from the convention (it won't happen, but it's a landmark point nonetheless).
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« Reply #491 on: May 29, 2008, 02:16:01 PM »
Puerto Rico DNC Ricky Martin for Clinton.
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« Reply #492 on: May 29, 2008, 02:19:09 PM »
Quote from: Tender Branson on May 29, 2008, 02:16:01 PM
Puerto Rico DNC Ricky Martin for Clinton.

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« Reply #493 on: May 29, 2008, 02:26:42 PM »

Livin La Vida Loca .........
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« Reply #494 on: May 29, 2008, 02:28:17 PM »
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Puerto Rico DNC Ricky Martin for Clinton.

Clinton in her press release: "He is a very important voice in the Latino community"

I'm not Latino, but if I were, I'd resent that.
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« Reply #495 on: May 29, 2008, 04:14:40 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on May 29, 2008, 12:50:03 PM
Georgia Rep. Jim Clyburn will be endorsing Tuesday - the suspense!!!1

I think that the good name of the state is South Carolina.
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« Reply #496 on: May 29, 2008, 04:33:39 PM »
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Quote from: Alcon on May 29, 2008, 12:50:03 PM
Georgia Rep. Jim Clyburn will be endorsing Tuesday - the suspense!!!1

I think that the good name of the state is South Carolina.

Yeah.  The source I got it from corrected that.  I knew Georgia "felt" wrong.
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« Reply #497 on: May 29, 2008, 06:26:59 PM »
West Virginia Rep. Alan Mollohan (Politico says he's from Virginia but I caught this one Wink) for Obama
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« Reply #498 on: May 29, 2008, 06:38:52 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on May 29, 2008, 06:26:59 PM
West Virginia Rep. Alan Mollohan (Politico says he's from Virginia but I caught this one Wink) for Obama

... which, of course, completes a full sweep of WV's congressional delegation for Obama

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« Reply #499 on: May 29, 2008, 06:40:32 PM »
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West Virginia Rep. Alan Mollohan (Politico says he's from Virginia but I caught this one Wink) for Obama

... which, of course, completes a full sweep of WV's congressional delegation for Obama

Dave

Wow, Shelley Moore Capito had some guts breaking ranks like that.  Shocked
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