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Article: Clinton questioned on delegates: ; N.Y. congressman says reliance on unelected super delegates may not reflect will of voters
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- February 18, 2008
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MILWAUKEE - Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., one of Hillary Clinton's
most stalwart black defenders, is apparently questioning her
reliance on unelected super delegates to stay competitive with
Barack Obama, saying they may not reflect the "will" of Democratic
voters.
"It's the people (who are) going to govern who selects our next
candidate and not super delegates," Rangel said Sunday night at a
dinner for the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican
Legislators conference in Albany, N.Y.
"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.
Super delegates, who are usually high-ranking party officials,
are ...