A secondary role for primary?

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10319951

Published Saturday | April 26, 2008
A secondary role for primary?
BY HENRY J. CORDES
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Let's be clear from the start: Democrats in Nebraska will see the names of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the May 13 primary ballot, but the results officially will be meaningless.

Nebraska Democrats held Feb. 9 presidential caucuses that Obama won overwhelmingly, and those are the Nebraska results that count as the two candidates battle for the party's nomination.


Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., signs autographs during a campaign rally at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., Friday, April 25.

But just because the primary amounts to little more than a state opinion poll doesn't mean the results won't end up as part of the big battle of political spin that the Democratic race has in many ways devolved into.

With neither candidate able to win enough national convention delegates to secure the nomination outright, the battle now largely is in the hands of the party's "superdelegates" — party leaders and elected officials who get their own say.

Both Clinton and Obama are trying to lure those critical supporters with arguments over who has the most momentum, who has the most popular votes and who is the most electable in the fall.

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a town hall-style meeting in Kokomo, Ind., Friday, April 25
Some think it's possible Nebraska's primary could be used in that debate.

FULL story at link.

[residentfan]

1. I'm voting for Obama

He'll get my vote, and I hope the election results equal what the caucuses showed. Otherwise we'll have Hillary whining about how unfair the process was. You know, I was in the middle of Lincoln, Nebraska.. the political center of the state, and I used to work for AFSCME. AFSCME was NOWHERE to be seen at the Memorial Union where I voted. If Hillary's people can't come out and support her, then why the hell should we?