2.07.2008

Political Tidbit

More on Superdelegates, because I am learning more about them. TNR's Dayo Olopade (whose name is SO close to a palindrome - Olooyad would do it) argues that they won't matter. Why? Because even in a close race, they tend to vote with the candidate that conventional wisdom says is the front-runner. Oh, and they will be wooed by both sides to endorse before the convention, so perhaps we'll know ahead of time.

Um. To me that sounds a whole lot like they will matter. At 800+, they are 20% of the total 4000+ Dem delegates. Tangent 1: That's like winning several states! Tangent 2: an endorsement and a pledge are two different things. The former is reversible when it matters most. But the bottom line: If the Superdelegates are 20%, then they can determine any race that closer than 20% coming into the convention. That is the outside limit of their power, so they can certainly affect a 5-8 point race.

DA-YO! That is huge. Da-a-a-yo. Del-e-gate votes coun' fo much much mo!

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