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Jeff Gillmer
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Posted: 28 April 2008 at 6:52pm | IP Logged | 1  

did Edwards win any delegates before he dropped out? is so, where do they go?

They are still delegates for Edwards.  According to CNN, he has 26 delegates.  None of the others that have dropped out have any.  Edwards can say where his delegates go, probably at the same time he gives his endorsment to either Obama or Clinton.

To make it more interesting, each state decides how delegates are divided.  Some say "winner take all" and other states divide them up based on percentage of votes.

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Christopher Alan Miller
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Posted: 28 April 2008 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | 2  

Edwards can suggest that his delegates vote a certain way but he can't force them to.
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Jeff Gillmer
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True, but pledged delegates generally follow the candidate.  The question still out is about the superdelegates and what are they going to do. 
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Kevin Brown
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did Edwards win any delegates before he dropped out? is so, where do they go?

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He has 18.  They'll vote for whomever they want to vote for....  if needed.

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Kevin Brown
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Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:25am | IP Logged | 5  

Ok, it's time for Rev. Wright to just STFU.

He just torpedoed Obama's chances for winning.

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Tom French
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Poor Wright -- can't resist the attention, can't resist the media spotlight...  give a man a platform and he just can't shut up.
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Geoff Gibson
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I have finally found something with which I am 100% in agreement with Sean
Hannity: Obama should have ditched Wright years ago. Who cares what he
said -- look at how he is acting! And his argument that the controversy is
an attack on "black churches" is bullshit. Its an attack on Wright and what he
said, and other statements or opinions he's offered in the past (such as AIDS
was created by the US Government).
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Adam Hutchinson
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Posted: 29 April 2008 at 7:32am | IP Logged | 8  

Karl Rove offers Senator Obama some advice to help revitalize his campaign.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/134322

While I'm loath to give any credence to Karl Rove, he is a talented politico and some of his suggesitons make sense.

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Geoff Gibson
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Karl Rove, like James Carville, is a brilliant political strategist.
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Scott Richards
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And the numbers shift.

Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads John McCain by 9 points in a head-to-head presidential matchup, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable than Democratic rival Barack Obama. Obama and Republican McCain are running about even.

The survey released Monday gives the New York senator and former first lady a fresh talking point as she works to raise much-needed campaign cash and persuade pivotal undecided superdelegates to side with her in the drawn-out Democratic primary fight.

Helped by independents, young people and seniors, Clinton gained ground this month in a hypothetical match with Sen. McCain, the GOP nominee-in-waiting. She now leads McCain, 50 percent to 41 percent, while Obama remains virtually tied with McCain, 46 percent to 44 percent.

Both Democrats were roughly even with McCain in the previous poll about three weeks ago.

And this comes from the Advocate, a very pro-Obama publication. 

It also said:

Also on Monday, the head of the Republicans' House campaign committee said the party would rather face Obama in November because the GOP believes Clinton would be more of a threat to McCain among moderate voters.

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid53679.asp



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Adam Hutchinson
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And Obama could counter with this from Zogby International:


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UTICA, New York - Republican John McCain trails Democrat Barack Obama by three points in a national general election test, but leads Democrat Hillary Clinton by 10 points, the latest Zogby Interactive survey shows.

The online poll, conducted April 25-28, 2008, shows that Obama retains 80% support among Democrats, compared to just 66% of Democrats who said they will back Clinton against McCain, the survey shows. Against Obama, McCain wins 11% of the Democratic support, while he wins 10% support against Clinton. In the McCain-Clinton race, 12% of Democrats said they were undecided, compared to just 4% of Democrats who were undecided in the McCain-Obama race.

Pollsters play this game with numbers all the time and it drives me batty.  Bottom-line, November is too far away for any of this to have any real weight one way or the other.

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Just read something else on CNN.

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley formally endorsed Hillary Clinton's White House bid Tuesday, saying the New York senator "gets it."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Next Tuesday should be interesting if nothing else.

It makes me wonder how things would go if everyone had a "do-over" vote (not that I'd want that).

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