Convention Wisdom

Saturday, 16th February 2008

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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