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Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:20:36 +0000

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By: S Dot Stylus

S Dot Stylus — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:53:40 +0000

E.A. its because its a nomination…we’re not electing anyone actually.

By: E. A. Smith

E. A. Smith — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:33:35 +0000

Unfortuantley it will come down to that type of stuff. I watched a small story earlier and Bill was on the phone talking to this 19 year old Super Delegate. The kid was saying how he received numerous calls from Clinton’s camp and also received deals.

I have a slight understanding of why this stuff matters, but why can’t they just do a straight vote across the nation and decide a winner. There is already speculation that since it will come down to Super Delegates, the one who dosen’t get the nomination will challenge the process as usual.

By: S Dot Stylus

S Dot Stylus — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:31:17 +0000

Back Room Deal are unfortunately going to be inevitable.

By: Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove

Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:14:57 +0000

if it comes downt o back room deals at the convention Hillary has a definate advantage with Bill on her side. Like I said, they are gonna be trading votes for cabinet positions.

By: S Dot Stylus

S Dot Stylus — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:45:25 +0000

Interesting insight. Back Room Deals are probably more likely to happen than either candidate locking up a nomination by reaching the appropriate number of delegates.

By: malcolm

malcolm — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:31:58 +0000

I don’t think that Hillary’s Ohio and Texas firewall is going to work.

She’ll never concede, of course. As evidenced once again last night, she won’t even acknowledge that elections are happening if she doesn’t win.

Hillary is pinning her hopes on three states: Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio. These states have a combined 577 delegates.

But the other elections (which Obama will probably win), account for another 735 delegates.

Texas is a must-win for Hillary. Not only must she win, she has to win with enough of a lead to offset the delegate count. So, if she scores 51% and Obama scores 49%, it will do her no good, even though it’s a “win”.

I think it’s pretty certain that neither candidate will hit the 2431 delegates to lock up the nomination. Obama needs to win 1216 of the 1312 up for grabs in the rest of the primaries. (Hillary needs to win 1241 to lock up the nomination).

But I think it’s safe to say that he will surely have a healthy lead going into the convention.

Unless there is back-room trickery (which will kill them), I see no way for Hillary to win this.