Thursday, April 17, 2008

Dean Pressures Superdelegates to Endorse

hmmmm. i'm not sure what to think about this.

on one hand, i think many of the supers are ready to back obama and on the other hand, i'm hoping that voters turn out big for obama in pennsylvania, indiana, west virgina, north carolina, and make the choice crystal clear, and make it a voters' choice, not the supers' choice.

but then again, hillary is getting more desperate and bill is running around talking about what a great debate it was last night, so maybe...

cnn: An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they’re for – and “I need them to say who they’re for starting now.”

“We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time,” the Democratic National Committee Chairman told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “We’ve got to know who our nominee is.”

After facing criticism for a mostly hands-off leadership style during much of the primary season, Dean has been steadily raising the rhetorical pressure on superdelegates. He said Thursday that roughly 65 percent of them have made their preference plain, but that more than 300 have yet to make up their minds.

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