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Article: DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION; Not a horse race; It's an election. Super delegates need to put the will of the people ahead of their personal preferences.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 12, 2008
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It's always nice to be ardently wooed. But so-called super
delegates need to save themselves for the wedding night. And that
would be the Democratic National Convention in August.
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are scrapping for every
delegate apportioned in the state's primaries and caucuses. Neither
might have the numbers to clinch by the convention, though mid-
Atlantic primaries today could put one candidate more clearly in the
lead -- and primaries in Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas could add even
more clarity.
But if it goes down to the wire, super delegates, who, according
to party rules, are free to vote for whomever they wish, will have
to be the tie-breakers.
Each campaign is now ...