Friday, February 1, 2008

Bill her super delegates

An interesting aspect of primary has totally missed out of the news cycles. There had been vast coverage on "Is it fair for a former president to stump for his wife?" Ask Mitt Romney, he will tell you its all about the delegates in the end. So Bill Clinton ended up hurting Hillary in SC. So much for being an effective attack dog.

Bill Clinton's role should be questioned on the endorsements from super delegates. It is easy to argue that Michelle Obama is not winning Barack any super delegates. But most of the establishment figures who support Hillary because of their long association and loyalty to the Clintons. If you translate this, they are saying "I came to know Hillary because Bill Clinton was Gov of Arkansas and then a two term Democratic president. He supported me and I am now supporting his wife." This is true at least for majority of the Congressional Black Caucus that supports Hillary.

20% of the Dem delegates are super delegates. So clearly it is a fair question to ask will she lead Barack if the super delegates are not counted?

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