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Article: Obama's lead impresses super-delegates
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2008
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Barack Obama made important gains in his bid to secure the
Democratic nomination at the weekend, taking more delegates amid
warnings from party grandees that it would be disastrous to overturn
the will of rank-and-file members who have given him a narrow lead
over Hillary Clinton.
The Illinois Senator's fragile advantage expanded as the party in
Iowa and California apportioned the delegates that will go to the
summer convention that chooses the candidate.
The usual razzamatazz of the convention, usually a coronation of
a presumptive nominee, is threatening to be replaced by grubby
wheeling and dealing for the support of the so-called "super-
delegates". These are the great and the good of ...