Which Superdelegate Will Put The Democratic Candidate Over The Edgell?
March 12, 2008 at 8:52 am
Here at the glass-enclosed nerve center of Extreme Mortman, we always love to see our loyal readers offer free content to the Washington Post. Today was no different.
Check out this super duper superdelegate story:
“It’s a train wreck,” says John Edgell, a Democratic operative not involved in either campaign. “Either way, you’re going to tick off half the base.”
The judges waiting in the wings are 796 party insiders unaffectionately known as superdelegates. “There’s no way that superdelegates will not decide it,” says Edgell, who has been meticulously tracking superdelegate endorsements and compiling them on a spreadsheet. As of yesterday, his count was 269 for Clinton, 220 for Obama. [Overall, Obama leads Clinton in total delegates, 1,585 to 1,473, according to the Associated Press.]
Bravo John Edgell. And speaking of train wrecks …
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