A pivotal day for the Democrats?

As Indiana and North Carolina head to the polls, a couple of predictions: The delegate endgame will change -- and nobody can be sure what's next.

Would the Democratic Party nominate Barack Obama if most delegates to the convention concluded that he would be a significantly weaker candidate than Hillary Clinton in the general election? While Clinton partisans may parse poll data to reach that conclusion, there is no current evidence that would convince a neutral Democrat that Obama is a synonym for Mondale. But what if Clinton roared through the remaining dribs-and-drabs on the primary calendar? What ... Full Story »

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Beth Wellington
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by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

Shapiro writes engagingly and provides a good link to an earlier Politico post by that explains the Michigan and Florida appeals, which involve not only delegates, but superdelegates. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/Two_appeals.html

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