Democrat deadlock?

What would their motivation be (super-delegates wouldn't have a problem with the 2 candidates other than seeing a near-tie)? Edwards clearly hasn't demo-ed the Dem. voter support of either of the 2 so why select him? I'm a little lost.

Ragman wrote:

What would their motivation be (super-delegates wouldn't have a problem with the 2 candidates other than seeing a near-tie)? Edwards clearly hasn't demo-ed the Dem. voter support of either of the 2 so why select him? I'm a little lost.

What if Hilary and Obama get into a court fight over the delegates that have been denied to Michigan and Florida thereby not only tearing the party apart but also posing the risk that the court fights won't be settled before election day?

What if the fighting between Hillary and Obama gets so bad between now and September that party unity is damaged?

What if the polls show that the GOP nominee would beat both Hillary and Obama?

What if the super delegates get tired of being fought over and pestered by both Hillary and Obama?

Why wouldn't the super delegates tell both Hillary and Obama to drop out for the sake of the party?

What if we wait and see the typical and most likely political scenario......as in - one candidate pulls ahead of the other?

If Huckabee has many more successes, GOP will be facing similar issues and questions enroute to their convention too.

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards or someone else beside Hilary or Obama, in order to deny both of them a 1st ballot victory so the convention could then nominate someone other than Hillary or Obama?

flaja wrote:

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards or someone else beside Hilary or Obama, in order to deny both of them a 1st ballot victory so the convention could then nominate someone other than Hillary or Obama?

Al Gore would then be enlisted as a compromise candidate. This would be acceptable to both sides (but not to both candidates, Obama and Hillary ).

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards ...

flaja wrote:

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards ...

If this whole thing ends up going to the SUPER DELEGATES, the nomination will probably go to Mrs. Clinton.

flaja wrote:

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards ...

If this whole thing ends up going to the SUPER DELEGATES, the nomination will probably go to Mrs. Clinton.

I was hoping for a good old mud wrestling event. Why not? They sling it at each other all the time.

Miller wrote:

flaja wrote:

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards ...

If this whole thing ends up going to the SUPER DELEGATES, the nomination will probably go to Mrs. Clinton.

That is wishful thinking on your part. Thankfully, the runaway freight train that is Barack Obama will have this thing wrapped up by March so the SDs won't come into play.

Now, it is the Republican nominee that is in doubt.

real life wrote:

flaja wrote:

If neither Hilary, nor Obama can win the Democrat nomination on the 1st ballot without the support of some of the super delegates, does anyone here think any of the super delegates will vote for Edwards or someone else beside Hilary or Obama, in order to deny both of them a 1st ballot victory so the convention could then nominate someone other than Hillary or Obama?

Al Gore would then be enlisted as a compromise candidate. This would be acceptable to both sides (but not to both candidates, Obama and Hillary ).

I could easily see Gore getting the OK on the 2nd ballot and then choosing either Hillary or Obama as his running mate to pay them back for their delegates.

BTW: Since Edwards only suspended his campaign rather than officially dropping out, his delegates are still bound to support him on the 1st ballot and I would assume that his name is still on at least some of the remaining primary ballots. And the same goes for Romney on the GOP side.

I could easily see Gore getting the OK