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Math, Super Delegates, and Guam
I thought I'd cheer Obama supporters up by letting them know that since March 4, Obama has picked up the support from 41 superdelegates. Whereas, Hillary has picked up 10. Since Pennsylvania, Obama has had support from 10, and Clinton has received 6. That's a ratio of 5 to 3 in the past week since Pennsylvania. Whatever momentum Hillary got out of that win is negligible. The count is 261 for Hillary and 242 for Obama. Those of you who can't do math, you know who you are, that's a difference of 19 super delegates.
Oh and May 3, Guam has caucuses and Obama already has an office there. There are eight pledged delegates but they each count for half so, it's four pledged delegate votes. They have five super delegates, all of them have full vote capabilities but there are three vacancies, two will be voted on during the caucuses. As for the third vacancy, the Guam Democratic Party Chairman is retiring and the two people that might replace him are both Obama supporters. Hillary has one super delegate from Guam that's already endorsed her. The other super delegate is undecided. So, here's hoping for some good caucusing in Guam. How many of you actually know where Guam is?
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"How many of you actually know where Guam is?"
You're not even giving a hint? ;)
Thanks for the report. Very good.
April 30, 2008 7:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think Guam is in the state of Fiji? Islands?
April 30, 2008 7:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
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