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keopeli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 07:04 PM
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Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) hints at switching Superdelegate vote to Obama
Cantwell supporting Clinton -- for now

Monday, March 24, 2008
By KATHIE DURBIN Columbian Staff Writer

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, one of Washington’s 17 Democratic superdelegates, isn’t ready to shift her allegiance from Sen. Hillary Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama — yet.

But in an interview with The Columbian’s editorial board Monday, she said the candidate with the most pledged delegates at the end of the primary season in late June will have the strongest claim to the party’s presidential nomination.

“I definitely don’t want the superdelegates to be the deciding factor,” she said.

“If we have a candidate who has the most delegates and the most states,” the Democratic party should come together around that candidate, Cantwell said. The pledged delegate count will be the most important factor, she said, because that is the basis of the nominating process.

The Columbian
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-25-08 07:16 PM
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1. Since it's a virtual impossibility for Hillary to take the delegate lead
I think it's safe to put Cantwell's vote down for Obama.
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