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Harkin, Kind express concerns about superdelegates' big role 2/17/08
Party movers and shakers might have too much impact on who gets nomination
By MARY RAE BRAGG TH staff writer
As this is the Chinese Year of the Rat, it is also becoming the American Year of the Superdelegate. Come fall, some Democrats might look back and conclude it's no coincidence. Party movers and shakers who make up the superdelegates are increasingly important as the contest between presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continues its neck-and-neck pace. There is a definite possibility that come convention time Aug. 25-28, the victory will go to the candidate getting the most superdelegate support, not the candidate with the most votes cast in the state caucuses and primaries. For Democrats who endured the 2000 election in which a Supreme Court decision ended that neck-and-neck race, the idea of their own party's rules allowing party "Supremes" to rule is more than some might stand. The Democrats' 2008 race is generating participation and excitement unlike any in decades and, coming at a time when many continue to rue U.S. involvement in Iraq and administration manipulations, some are warning that a superdelegate reversal of the popular vote could result in the emergence of a serious third-party cont...[viewing 1135 of 4693 characters]
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