Detailed Caucus Information: www.nvdemscaucus.com

Eligible Participants: Open to all registered Democrats. If you are not already registered but eligible to vote, you may complete a registration form and participate on the day of the caucus. If you will be 18 by November 4, 2008 and are otherwise eligible to vote, you may participate in the caucus.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

When a superdelegate isn’t so super

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While going over our numbers we realized that we had too many superdelegates listed. With the addition of the 76 add-on superdelegates that haven’t been selected yet our total was greater than the 796 superdelegates available. Continue Reading...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Michigan Delegate Estimate

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The major media has decided unilaterally to not report the potential delegate totals of the Michigan primary. While officially Michigan has 0 delegates, such a decision can be overturned at the convention. So what were the results? Goobergunch over at MyDD was kind enough to run through the numbers and provide an estimate. This is extremely unofficial, but, it likely to be rather close to the final numbers:

Clinton: 73 delegates
Uncommitted: 55 delegates Continue Reading...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Convention Standing Committee Chairs Named

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Democratic Conventions have 3 Standing Committees: Credentials, Platform, and Rules. What does each of these committees do?

• The Credentials Committee is charged with coordinating issues around the selection of delegates and alternates to the Convention and will likely meet in the summer. The committee will issue a report that is the first official item of business at the Convention.
• The Rules Committee is responsible for proposing the Permanent Rules for the Convention, adopting the proposed Convention agenda and making recommendations for permanent Convention officers – all addressed as the second official item of business at the Convention.
• The Platform Committee is responsible for drafting and recommending a proposed National Platform for approval at the Convention.

Each committee, interestingly enough, has 3 chairs. So as we discuss whether the delegates for Michigan and Florida will be seated, lets see who is in charge of the Credentials Committee that will make the first recommendation: Continue Reading...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Superdelegate madness: 1984 version

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Ah, the good old days:

On the morning of June 6, 1984, Walter Mondale’s campaign aides woke the Democratic presidential candidate to inform him of a big problem. California and New Jersey had held primaries the day before. The former vice president had confidently scheduled a press conference to announce that he had finally amassed enough delegates to claim the nomination over Colorado Sen. Gary Hart. Continue Reading...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Michigan Primary today… Democratic Debate in Nevada tonight

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Matt asked last week Will Michigan Matter? We probably won’t find that out today but we will find out what the disenfranchised Michigan Democratic voters decide to do.

I’ve seen several different proposals on what we may see today. The first is very low voter turnout on the Democratic side. This is pretty much a given as any votes made for the Democrats will be ignored as far as delegates are concerned. Continue Reading...