Article: ELECTION 2008; Super delegates feel the heat; He's only 21 but taking calls from Bill Clinton and John Kerry

Article: Dems' 'super delegates' may decide the nominee
Whittier Daily News;  February 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... can go anywhere. They're ... Super Delegates! Democrats have 796 of them, and ... Clinton and Barack Obama, these "super delegates" - elected officials and party members ... single bound, analysts note that super delegates count for 20percent of the vote at ...

Article: LINING UP 'SUPER DELEGATES' DUKAKIS SCORES WITH ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 14, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... to-1 lead over Jesse Jackson in "super delegates" who have lined up behind a Democratic ... National Convention delegates, gained 15 super delegates over the last month, bringing his ... delegates overall, including 30.1 super delegates, a gain of 11 over the last month ...

Article: Super-delegates may decide between Clinton and ...
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  February 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the 796 unelected and unpledged super-delegates to the Democratic convention, who ... line. At which point, enter the super-delegates. At the Denver convention in August, super-delegates will have one vote apiece. They ...

Article: 'SUPER DELEGATES' HOLD THE KEY
The Boston Globe;  April 3, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... who gets the nomination -- the 253 super delegates (out of a total of 646) who will ... afer the New York primary. How these super delegates line up on that day will provide the ... to influence the direction of these super delegates. There is increasing speculation ...

Article: DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION; Not a horse race; It's an election. ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 12, 2008 ;     630 words ... ... be ardently wooed. But so-called super delegates need to save themselves for the wedding ... But if it goes down to the wire, super delegates, who, according to party rules ... very much in the air. The party's super delegates are Democratic governors, the party ...

Article: 'Super-delegates' now key
Winnipeg Free Press;  February 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the support of more so-called "super-delegates." They include party officials and ... almost entirely because of support from super-delegates, including former president Bill ... plus voting delegates, 795 will be super-delegates. "The campaign that takes a long ...

Transcript: Super Delegates Hint at Changing Votes
Hannity & Colmes (Fox News Network);  April 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Isn't that the idea is to have super delegates who could jump in in the event something ... pledged delegates are supposed to go -- super delegates are supposed to go with the pledged ... do. The system was set up for the super delegates to exercise their own judgment and ...