A pivotal day for the Democrats?

As Indiana and North Carolina head to the polls, a couple of predictions: The delegate endgame will change -- and nobody can be sure what's next.

Would the Democratic Party nominate Barack Obama if most delegates to the convention concluded that he would be a significantly weaker candidate than Hillary Clinton in the general election? While Clinton partisans may parse poll data to reach that conclusion, there is no current evidence that would convince a neutral Democrat that Obama is a synonym for Mondale. But what if Clinton roared through the remaining dribs-and-drabs on the primary calendar? What ... Full Story »

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Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 6, 2008 - 7:56 AM PDT
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by Beth Wellington - May. 6, 2008

Shapiro writes engagingly and provides a good link to an earlier Politico post by that explains the Michigan and Florida appeals, which involve not only delegates, but superdelegates. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/Two_appeals.html

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by Kaizar Campwala - May. 6, 2008

As far as horse-race stories go, this one isn't bad.

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by Chris Finnie - May. 6, 2008

Shapiro manages to say absolutely nothing new--but to say it all very engagingly. A good read.

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