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CAMPAIGN '08
This might be a call for 'super delegates'
The Democratic nomination appears poised to come down=20
to the 796 party insiders, who are free to vote for whomever they choose.=
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The delegates' importance depends on Florida and Michigan.
By Peter Wallsten and James Rainey
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

February 9, 2008

WASHINGTON - In a year that has seen Democratic voters flock to the
polls but produce two evenly matched candidates, some party leaders
are becoming alarmed that the process for deciding an eventual winner
is in disarray, and that the decision may come down not to ordinary
voters but to the group of 796 insiders known as "super delegates."

Contributing to the tension is a continuing battle over the roles of
Florida and Michigan, which were stripped of their participation in
the party's national nominating convention due to a fight with the
Democratic National Committee over the primary election calendar.

Now, with the prospect that neither Hillary Rodham Clinton nor Barack
Obama will win a clear majority in the delegate count, a discussion
is reemerging over whether voters in those states should return to
the polls and help pick the nominee, voting this time in an election
formally sanctioned by the party.

"We're headed for a train wreck if we don't get this resolved," said
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), referring both to the role of super
delegates and to the DNC's decision to penalize his state. "It is a
flawed system that has to be changed."

FULL:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-superdel9feb09,1,659=
4239.story


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