skippy the bush kangaroo

Thursday, May 08, 2008

we knew politics was messy, but this is ridiculous

steve benen of the carpetbagger report makes these observations over at c&l:

the news wasn’t all bad for clinton, though. rep. heath shuler had promised to support whichever candidate won his north carolina district yesterday. clinton carried the district easily (a 13-point victory), prompting shuler to back the new york senator.

while that would give obama a net gain of two for the day, jennifer mcclellan, a state rep in virginia and a dnc member, switched today from clinton to obama.

former sen. george mcgovern’s switch was a fairly big deal, but it did not affect the totals because mcgovern isn’t a superdelegate.

so, where does that leave us, as of now? nbc has clinton’s superdelegate lead down to 12.5 (272.5 to 260); the politico also shows clinton ahead by 12.5 (269.5 to 257); cnn puts the number at 13 (267 to 254); and the 2008 democratic convention watch has clinton leading by 14.5 (270.5 to 256).
our question is, how do you have .5 of a superdelegate? and which poor superdelegate has been cut in half? and which half gets to vote?

and, if it's the bottom half, how exactly does the lever get pulled, if you know what we mean?

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posted by skippy at 4:33 PM |

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Re: how exactly does the lever get pulled. Pay no attention to what's behind the curtain!!
commented by Blogger Kulkuri, 6:56 AM PDT  

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