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19 Feb 2008 09:45 am
How Pledged Is A Pledged Delegate?
[Patrick Appel] Roger Simon's article about the Clinton campaign's plan to court pledged delegates is enlightening:
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after
delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and
primaries if she needs them to win the nomination. [...]
Pledged delegates are not really pledged at all, not even on the first
ballot. This has been an open secret in the party for years, but it has
never really mattered because there has almost always been a clear
victor by the time the convention convened.
But not this time. This time, one candidate may enter the convention
leading by just a few pledged delegates, and those delegates may find
themselves being promised the sun, moon and stars to switch sides.
“I swear it is not happening now, but as we get closer to the
convention, if it is a stalemate, everybody will be going after
everybody’s delegates,” a senior Clinton official told me Monday
afternoon. “All the rules will be going out the window.”
I don't see how this would be any less controversial than winning the nomination based on the super delegate vote.
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