California Superdelegates: No Brokered Convention

Huffington Post, Off the Bus by John Tomasic | Mar. 11, 2008 (Opinion)

In interviews with OffTheBus this past week, California superdelegates undercut media-generated dramatic narratives about how the Democratic nomination will unfold in August. They discounted, for example, the Spielbergian "doomsday scenario" painted by Time magazine, where back room "wheelers and dealers" would revel in the power they "wrestled from the rabble." They shook their heads, basically, at the way CNN, way back before Super Tuesday, was warning ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, U.S. White House, Democrats, Democratic Nomination, Superdelegates
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Mar 11, 2008 - 5:29 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Dwight Rousu (review), David Cohn (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Mar 20, 2008 - 5:15 PM PDT

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting overview of how some California superdelegates are responding to allegations of back room wheeling and dealing to wrestle a vote from them. The article cites comments from 5 superdelegates, as well as extensive research done by Huffington Post's Off The Bus citizen journalists on this topic. To supplement this good information, it would have been helpful if the article had also consulted a couple independent sources about the role that superdelegates have played in previous elections.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Blather and buzz. A few random comments from super-delegates. It gives a little flavor, but no strong investigation nor conclusion after wasting the time reading it.

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 by David Cohn - Oct. 1, 2008
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