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MONTANA AND SOUTH DAKOTA Democrats may well emerge from these two primary contests without a clear nominee. If so, superdelegates would be the deciding factor at August's convention...
...Democratic National Convention in August approaches, it appears highly unlikely that either candidate will amass the number of pledged delegates needed to secure the nomination. The decision, it seems, will ultimately come down to the 796 Democratic “superdelegates,” a group of elected officials and party leaders who are free to vote for whichever candidate they think is best suited for the nomination. Many are claiming that these superdelegates should vote for whichever candidate has the majority of the popular vote, but this is not a legitimate method to determine the nomination. Although Barack Obama...
...nominate one candidate to head their ticket for the presidential election next November. Although in duration and money spent, the fight to capture the Democratic nomination might seem like the be-all-end-all, what we have seen so far is just the beginning. After the party convention in August, the nominee is will have to fight the real battle—the one for the White House—against John McCain. To be sure, it would be naïve to expect a primary of this magnitude to remain focused exclusively on policy issues. Considering how little actually...
...Warfield’s dismissal as chair of the anesthesia department in July 2007. According to Studen, Warfield is still currently employed at Beth Israel but is in “somewhat of a limbo” as to what her role at the hospital will be come August, when her contract expires. “I find it disappointing that an institution like Beth Israel did not respond more appropriately,” Studen said, “but we do not yet live in a world—even a senior-level professional world—in which...
...Weatherl said. A longtime Republican political strategist and advisor to President George W. Bush, Rove is widely credited as the mastermind behind the Republican presidential campaign victories in 2000 and 2004. He served in various positions in the Bush administration from January 2001 until his resignation last August. “When it comes to someone like Karl Rove, he’s had an impact on the political climate of the past few years,” Motley said. “Having someone with that much knowledge come to campus is a great way to show what brilliant...