Friday, February 29, 2008

Convention schedule puts GOP in NFL conflict

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This blog started in November, 2005 when Howard Dean announced the 2008 Democratic Convention dates. At the time, I spent a lot of time explaining here and in other places why the choice of the late August dates was a great one. It put the GOP in a real bind, either forcing them to go before the Democrats, thereby breaking decades of tradition that allows the party in the White House to have their convention second, or to go after the Democrats in early September, starting on Labor Day, when people’s thoughts turn to going back-to-school and other Fall events.

Well, one of those Fall events is potentially a major conflict for the GOP: Continue Reading...

Friday, February 29, 2008

Candidates give their superdelegate numbers

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In an overview piece from the NY Times on Obama cutting Clinton’s superdelegate lead, we do have one useful nugget:

The Clinton campaign said Thursday that it had the support of 258 of the 795 superdelegates (not counting those from Florida or Michigan, whose delegations are the focus of a dispute), while the Obama campaign said it had the support of more than 200. Continue Reading...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Superdelegate from Maine moves to Florida – Superdelegate total now 794

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Yesterday Tom Walsh of the Ellsworth American reported that Maine was going to lose two of their superdelegates because they were no longer registered to vote in Maine.

Two of the eight prominent Democrats appointed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to represent Maine as super delegates at the Democratic National Convention aren’t eligible to do so under the DNC’s own residency requirements. Continue Reading...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Updated – Maine superdelegate confusion

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A small paper in Maine thinks its discovered a scandal in the DNC superdelegate lists:

Two of the eight prominent Democrats appointed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to represent Maine as super delegates at the Democratic National Convention aren’t eligible to do so under the DNC’s own residency requirements. Neither former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell nor former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis is a legal resident of Maine, as required by DNC rules stipulating that super delegates must “legally reside in their respective state.” Continue Reading...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

DCW in the Wall Street Journal

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We’ve had a number of links and articles mentioning 2008 Democratic Convention Watch, but today the Wall Street Journal’s The Numbers Guy did a nice writeup of us and the whole superdelegate counting frenzy.

Posted by Matt at 10:58 PM Continue Reading...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

A Day in the Life of a Superdelegate

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Thanks to Sarah for letting us know about this

Do we have that guy on our lists? Continue Reading...

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Special Elections could make new superdelegates

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There are six open seats in Congress, and six Special Elections are scheduled over the next 3 months:

Democrats are favored to keep the Democratic seats, and Republicans are favored in the Mississippi and Louisiana seats. The Hastert seat leans Republican, but a recent poll shows it could be very close. Continue Reading...

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Oklahoma add-on superdelegate named

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We welcome Reggie Whitten to the superdelegate universe:

[Oklahoma Chairman Ivan] Holmes named Reggie Whitten, an Oklahoma City lawyer who has been serving as the party’s finance chairman, as an add-on superdelegate Saturday. Continue Reading...