Convention Wisdom
The nightmare for the Democratic Party is that their nominating process goes all the way to the convention where the unelected super delegates throw the contest to the candidate with fewer votes, delegates and victories than their opponent. There are, though, already moves under way to stop this happening. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House, has urged super delegates not to subvert the will of voters while The New York Times reports that Al Gore and three of the candidates who have already dropped out of the race have been discussing convention tactics.
The Clinton camp still seem convinced that the super delegates can swing things their way, the Hillary press shop blasts out emails with party elders making the case for their role in the process. But it appears that the rest of the party will not stand for this.
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February 16th, 2008 5:06pmI doubt that the Clinton camp is really convinced that the super delegates will grant her the nomination. But what else do they have left? Barring some amazing wins in Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas, Hillary needs a gaffe from Obama or some new scandal concerning him, plus a super delegate veto of the primary and caucus results. It's quite a long shot, since it would split the party deeply. The fact that her side is even talking about winning via the supers, and about seating the Michigan and Florida delegates, is repugnant and is losing her some support.