No convention duel, Clinton supporters say

[RiverStone]

Newsday
2/18/08


MILWAUKEE - Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel - one of Hillary Clinton's most stalwart African-American defenders - is apparently questioning her reliance on unelected superdelegates to stay competitive with Barack Obama, saying they may not reflect the "will" of Democratic voters.

"It's the people going to govern who selects our next candidate and not superdelegates," Rangel said last night at a dinner for the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators conference in Albany.

"The people's will is what's going to prevail at the convention and not people who decide what the people's will is," he added.

Superdelegates, who are usually high-ranking party officials, are free to choose any candidate, unlike "pledged" delegates apportioned by primaries and caucuses. Obama's approximately 40-delegate lead overall would be much larger were it not for Clinton's 75-delegate edge among the supers.

A danger to the party-

Earlier yesterday, Sen. Charles Schumer, another major Clinton supporter, expressed his discomfort with her willingness to battle Obama for delegates on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. New York's senior senator, speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," called on Clinton and Obama to agree on a winner after the final caucus in Puerto Rico, saying a protracted fight will rip apart the party in a year when they're favored to win the White House.

"I don't think either candidate wants - or can even get away with - forcing their will down the throat of the other," Schumer told host Tim Russert. "At the end of the day, on June 7, for the sake of party unity, Howard Dean and the two candidates will have to get together if neither candidate has 2,025 ... and come up with a strategy. Each candidate will have to have buy into that strategy."


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Know when to hold them --- know when to fold em...

[Guaranteed]

1. Dean....and Gore.

Working together. The adults.

[gaspee]

2. So if...

She's ahead, will you be saying he should do the same thing?

I know you don't believe she will be ahead, but let's pretend for a minute that she might be.

Will you post that he should quit or fight?

I think I'll bookmark this just in case.

[dkf]

3. If she's ahead, she should get the nomination.

I absolutely believe that.

[RiverStone]

4. 100% YES!

I dearly hope Obama gets the nomination, but if Hillary has more delegates based on THE POPULAR VOTE - then yes, she should get the nomination. In particular, that means a SD should represent the will of their constituency. That means my 2 Senators who endorsed Hillary (Cantwell and Murray) should switch to support Obama - folks here gave Obama a 68% to 32% win. And yes, Ted Kennedy should represent the will of his electorate and support Hillary. Fair is fair,

The people need to decide, not the party bosses!

Thankfully for this voter, I think the people's choice will be very obvious way before the last primary.

Please -- bookmark that :hi:

[griffi94]

5. no that's different

hllary should drop out because bill clinton got a blow job from an intern....everybody loves obama
and if he doesn't get the most votes it would only be fair for the SD to give it to him....if the sd go to hillary....even should she win the remaining primaries...that would be unfair...because she's not for hope and change....:sarcasm: