Tag Archives: delegates

Ian Sherr tries to find the delegates…

Published Feb. 12, 2008 in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Count the Delegates, If You Can
by Ian Sherr
Just when I thought I had figured out why the Democratic Party has superdelegates, Nancy Pelosi comes along and says I have got it all backward.
“The superdelegates were established to give many more people at the grassroots level the opportunity [...]

What Side Are You On?

Kimberly Geiger asks An Important Question
Published in Capitol Weekly
As Super Tuesday dawns in the state with the greatest trove of convention delegates, members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation face an uncomfortable choice in backing Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Some have decided that making no endorsement at all is the better part of wisdom.
“I just [...]