Head count
Feb. 7th, 2008 01:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoHere's a round-up of various estimates of the delegate count in the Democratic party.
The short answer: No one agrees.
Somewhat longer answer: If just you do "pledged delegates," then it's pretty much a tie between Obama and Clinton(s). If you count in the "super-delegates" -- generally currently elected officials and the part establishment -- it edges over to Hillary.
Of note: Edwards has 61 delegates, and his campaign, like Dean's last cycle, is only "suspended."
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Surprise of Super Tuesday coverage: Hearing Scott Simon interview Senator Barbara Boxer of California -- a super-delegate, natch -- and he didn't mention just how close Boxer and Clinton are. As in, Hillary's brother, Tony Rodham, married Boxer's daughter, Nicole, in a ceremony held at the White House in 1994. (Per Wikipedia, the couple divorced in 2000.)
The short answer: No one agrees.
Somewhat longer answer: If just you do "pledged delegates," then it's pretty much a tie between Obama and Clinton(s). If you count in the "super-delegates" -- generally currently elected officials and the part establishment -- it edges over to Hillary.
Of note: Edwards has 61 delegates, and his campaign, like Dean's last cycle, is only "suspended."
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Surprise of Super Tuesday coverage: Hearing Scott Simon interview Senator Barbara Boxer of California -- a super-delegate, natch -- and he didn't mention just how close Boxer and Clinton are. As in, Hillary's brother, Tony Rodham, married Boxer's daughter, Nicole, in a ceremony held at the White House in 1994. (Per Wikipedia, the couple divorced in 2000.)
