Clinton wins more votes, Obama takes home more delegates

[2rth2pwr]

??WTF??

Delegates- Obama=12 Clinton=11
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/

Popular vote- Clinton=112,251 Obama=104,772
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/NH.html

[SteppingRazor]

1. They took 9 each, but Obama currently has 3 superdelegates from NH...

while Clinton has 2. Of course, as superdelegates can change commitment, that doesn't mean a lot.

[William769]

3. True

Because right now all of Hillarys Delegates add up to 159, but as you say that can change.

[moriah]

2. Superdelegates?

Did a NH Superdelegate back Obama?

[BadgerLaw2010]

4. What happened to the theory Clinton was rigging superdelegates to screw Obama?

[SteppingRazor]

6. What?

How do you "rig" superdelegates?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Money usually works.

Or promises of appointment, access, etc.

Maybe some inexpensive ego petting.

I'm sure the candidates "have people" to handle that sort of thing.

[SteppingRazor]

11. Oh superdelegates get all sorts of promises in exchange for their vote, but...

I don't understand how this is somehow endemic solely to Hillary's campaign.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. I didn't mean to imply a specific campaign

I'm sure it's endemic to all of them. If "endemic" means "built-in" or "comes with the territory".

All the campaigns will have superdelegate-schmoozing specialists. Clintons typically have exceptional organizations. Not that that makes them better, or worse, just good organizers.

[SteppingRazor]

14. Sorry, I should've been specific. I was talking about the post at the beginning of this thread:

"What happened to the theory Clinton was rigging superdelegates to screw Obama?"

That's what I mean when I say I don't understand why it's endemic solely to Clinton's campaign.

Also, endemic:
1 a: belonging or native to a particular people or country b: characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment <problems endemic to translation> <the self-indulgence endemic in the film industry>

2: restricted or peculiar to a locality or region <endemic diseases> <an endemic species>

Learn something new every day, eh? :)

[2rth2pwr]

7. What happened to the theory that Clinton Stole NH? nt

[HeraldSquare212]

5. 27 delegates, 22 from votes, 5 superdelegates

I guess Clinton got 2 superdelegates and Obama got 3. Damn I hate those undemocratic super...oh, wait, I'm supporting Obama.

[jackson_dem]

8. and Edwards took four for the record

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Who?

Oh, yeah, Edwards. Thanks for keeping his name alive.

I voted for him, by the way. But in MI, his name is spelled "u.n.c.o.m.m.i.t.t.e.d", since he's not actually on the ballot.

:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

9. It's called karma.