Did I miss something or can Obama suddenly win without additional superdelegates?

XemaSab

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Sat May-31-08 12:40 AM
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Did I miss something or can Obama suddenly win without additional superdelegates?

All of a sudden he's got a lot more delegates than he had a few days ago. :shrug:

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housewolf

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Sat May-31-08 12:53 AM
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1. Well if they don't seat FL & MI and he wins 41 out of 86 pledged delegates

from the 3 primaries this week, he'll have a majority of pledged delegates (2026).

But if they come to an agreement on FL & MI, then he'll need more (how many more depends on what they decide to do with FL & MI).

Super-delegates have been coming in 1, 2 or 3 each day for most of the week (but none today). There are still almost 200 super-delegates who haven't declared yet.

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XemaSab

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Sat May-31-08 12:53 AM
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2. No explanations?

:shrug:

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muryan

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Sat May-31-08 12:55 AM
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3. Funny thing is Senator Nelson

wants the DNC to delay the decision on MI/FL until after the 3 contests. He should rethink his position because Obama will have the nomination locked up if thats the case

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my3boyz

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Sat May-31-08 12:59 AM
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4. What reason did he give for that? I thought he was so anxious to have it resolved? nt

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muryan

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Sat May-31-08 01:01 AM
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5. It was in an earlier thread

Edited on Sat May-31-08 01:02 AM by muryan

Ill have to find it. Basically he said that the committee members would want to see how the remaining three contests are decided before making a decision. I think he's wrong and I still see no logic or reason behind the comment because it would almost certainly work in Obama's favor.

Found the article

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080528/NEWS0120/80528016

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my3boyz

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Sat May-31-08 01:32 AM
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9. Thank you very much for posting the link. Interesting. nt

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napi21

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Sat May-31-08 01:02 AM
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6. I think we should all wait until June 3rd. For God sake, it's only

4 days away! All the primary's will be over, and everyone will have had the chance to vote. We've all lasted this long, what's another 4 damn days?

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muryan

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Sat May-31-08 01:04 AM
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7. I agree

Personally I would have scheduled the meeting after the final contest but I think its going to be largely irrelevant in changing the course of the primary, Obama will still be on track for the nomination.

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my3boyz

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Sat May-31-08 01:30 AM
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8. It truly does not matter. There is no way Hillary can win. Also, Obama will still

need delegates if they seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan. I heard he is going to announce some supers to get him closer to the new magic number. Then he is going to let Montana actually top him off.

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XemaSab

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Sat May-31-08 02:11 PM
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10. That was my thinking

That he would get a couple more SD's... like 10, and just get bumped over the edge on the third.

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