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After finishing 11h in the 1991 Council campaign, Noble was convinced that another successful campaign would give her the votes she needed to win the election...
...candidate before the national convention: whether candidates should have the right of approval over their specific delegates; whether delegates' votes should be bound on the convention floor, with candidates granted the right to replace delegates who violate this rule. (The last question deals with the infamous "Rule 11H," the center of the rules battle between Kennedy and former President Carter in the 1980 Democratic Convention...
Though it has yet to vote officially on anything, the commission reached a consensus on two issues at its last meeting, held November 7 in Washington. Rule 11H, the "faithless delegate" rule, was scrapped without debate. Continuation of the equal division between men and women was also accepted without question...
Kennedy hopes to do well enough in the final primaries to demonstrate to the party that only he can win in November. Then, according to scenario, Kennedy partisans will persuade the delegates at the convention to change Rule 11H, which requires delegates pledged to a candidate to vote for that candidate on the first ballot. This would enable defectors from Carter to abstain on the first ballot or to vote for Kennedy. Said Paul Kirk, political director of the Kennedy campaign: "Most of these delegates are free and independent, thinking citizens who care about the party and its direction...
...Kennedy strategy is unlikely to work. Rule 11H also empowers a candidate to replace wavering delegates with staunch supporters. To identify potential defectors, about 75 Carter supporters are now researching the backgrounds of all Carter delegates. In addition, staffers phone the delegates regularly to encourage them to stay loyal. Said Tom Donilon, a Carter campaign aide: "There is no evidence of defections anywhere. But we are not taking any chances...