Super Delegates

I spoke with Iowa Super-Delegate Richard Machacek (Winthrop, IA) on Tuesday. He was originally an Edwards supporter. I asked him a few questions regarding his opinions on a variety of political issues, positions and rumors, Democratic and Republican.

For those of you who have been sleeping or have given little attention to presidential politics over the last several months, let's review how Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Even with a big win in West Virginia, Clinton faces a next-to-impossible challenge in the race.

Edwards must endorse Obama to end this race.

Everyone seems to have an argument for how these super delegates should vote, and I am no exception. My reasoning, unlike many of those clamoring over this issue, deals only with the facts. I believe that all of the super delegates must line up behind Hillary Clinton.

Clearly Hillary Clinton did what she had to do to survive and fight on.

Why I would like to become a Democracy super delegate unless FBI stops that racket before I get my first salary?

There has been more than a little crying about the fact that so-called "Super Delegates" will be the votes that push one of the Democratic candidates over the top. Here is why it's a good idea.

If all super delegates were to band together for 2008 and agree to support one candidate over the other, their combined 795 voices would carry the weight of 7,950.000 individual votes.

Is anyone else scared about the next presidental election?

Why neither candidate can win the nomination without super delegates

In a normal Presidential nomination race, the candidate who garners the most delegates wins the nomination. The 2008 Democratic Nomination race may be the exception. Even though she may come up with less delegates than Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton may yet steal a victory.

A brand new website provides a list and locations of Democratic Party Super Delegates. The website seeks help from visitors to track the delegates intentions.

Presidential candidates need to be on the alert for Super Delegate.

Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama must garner the support of 2,025 delegates at the Democratic convention to win the nomination. The wild-card is the 796 super delegates who may play a pivotal role in a brokered convention.

with Super Delegates stepping out to aid the Democratic primaries process, it seems as though nothing about this year's elections has been normal

The Democratic primary race isn't going to the convention - it is ending Friday.

It seems this whole 2008 Democratic election will come down to delegates. In the past, popular vote counted for something - or did it? Delegates generally vote the way the state votes. But how do we choose or delegates, both general delegates and super delegates?

As Hillary Clinton pursues her improbable bid to be the Democrats' candidate in the 2008 presidential election, one must consider the possibility of Clinton bolting the Democratic Party and making a run for the presidency as an independent.

A look at the strengths, and weaknesses of the two democratic candidates

Weinstein's tactics are divisive and will hurt the Democrats in the presidential race.

After Tuesday's primaries many pundits and politicians have been calling for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race, citing that at this point it is nearly impossible for her to win.

Despite her crushing victory in Pennsylvania, rumblings in the political class and the media are still being heard to persuade Hillary Clinton to get out of the race. After all, she only won a net ten delegates and the math for catching up to Obama is problematic.

What the polls indicate in the upcoming Pennsylvania Democratic Primary.

The Democratic Debate in Philadelphia Wednesday, April 16, saw ABC newsmen Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos refer to non-issues and asides for the first 50 minutes of the debate. They asked Senator Barack Obama about his American flag lapel pin...

The stand Clinton and Obama must take to bolster their chances for nomination

Pressured to pull out for the good of the Party, Hillary Clinton fires back, with both barrels.

Reasons why Senator Hillary Clinton Should remain in the presidential race.

In the race for the Democratic nomination the Clinton campaign has, in my opinion, gone too far and needs to be stopped Barack Obama is the candidate that can beat the Republican menace.

There is a solution being offered by numerous people, including at least one Democratic lawmaker, to the bloodbath going on between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and its name is Al Gore.

The Florida Democratic Party announced on Monday, March 17, that there would be no re-do of the Florida Primary held on January 29.

Someone came up with the appellation a few weeks ago -- the "Dream Team." Some people thought it would be a great idea if the confidently inspiring Senator Barack Obama and the politically experienced and savvy Senator Hillary Clinton could form a 'dream' ticket.

We hear so much about delegates and super delegates. There seems to be so many who do not understand how this system works. Are we being cheated because of this lack of understanding?

Senator Hillary Clinton took some time off from her hectic campaign schedule to be at the State of the Black Union forum. Organized and hosted by talk show personality Tavis Smiley, the gathering was attended by many African American luminaries. Except one.