[Peace-discuss] Ron Paul & GroundHog Da

[Robert Naiman]

the BBC report is correct: Obama has won more delegates as a result of
contested primaries and caucuses than Hillary. Hillary has more
delegates if you count unelected "superdelegates" (members of congress
and other party officials) who have said they will support one
candidate or the other.

Of the contested races so far (ie not counting Michigan and Florida,
which were stripped of their delegates and where the candidates
pledged not to campaign) they have each won one primary (C-NH and
O-SC) and one caucus (O-Iowa and C-Nevada).

On Feb 2, 2008 12:59 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I realize that's not the point of yr posting, Carl, but, to date, hasn't
> Hillary won more delegates (as well as primaries) than Obama? Yeah, the BBC
> also (along w/ Durbin, Obama, Charlie Gibson) refers to Hugo Chavez as "a
> dictator." Can't believe anybody these days...
>  --Jenifer
>
>
> Anti-war grouping supports Obama
> A leading anti-war movement in the United States
> has opted to back Barack Obama for the presidency.
>
> MoveOn.org claims to have 3.2 million members, and said it would start a
> campaign immediately to persuade them to support the senator from Illinois.
>
> Mr Obama is vying with New York Senator Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic
> Party's candidate for president.
>
> Election contests for both parties are held in more than 20 states on "Super
> Tuesday" next week.
>
> Mr Obama has won more delegates than Mrs Clinton from the Democrats'
> contests so
> far, but polls suggest Mrs Clinton will have the edge in the states that
> vote on
> Super Tuesday.
>
> For the Republicans, Senator John McCain has emerged as the front-runner
> after
> winning the primary election in Florida. His main rival is former
> Massachusetts
> Governor Mitt Romney.
>
> Super Tuesday could be decisive for the Republicans, as in many states the
> winner of the contest takes all of the delegates on offer.
>
> In the Democratic race, however, states award their delegates according to
> the
> proportion of the vote won - meaning the tight battle could continue for
> weeks.
>
> 'Desperate for change'
>
> MoveOn said 70% of its members had backed Mr Obama over 30% for Mrs Clinton.
>
> "Our members' endorsement of Senator Obama is a clear call for a new America
> at
> this critical moment in history," said MoveOn executive director Eli
> Pariser.
>
> He says MoveOn's goal is to bring "progressive values" to Washington,
>
> "Seven years of the disastrous policies of the Bush administration have left
> the
> country desperate for change."
>
> Mr Pariser said America needed its next president "to end the war in Iraq,
> provide health care to every American, deal with our climate crisis, and
> restore
> America's standing in the world"...

-- 
Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org