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Iowa County Assemblies Today: What Will Edwards' Delegates Do?

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:06:49 AM EST
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The Iowa County Assemblies are today. The 99 counties will select delegates to the state convention.

The pledged delegates from the caucuses are allowed to change their mind. In addition, it's unknown what John Edwards' delegates will decide to do: stay with Edwards as his Iowa campaign heads are urging or switch to Obama or Hillary.

Obama has been pitching Edwards' delegates in Iowa for two weeks. Hillary began this week.

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    Iowa County Assemblies Today: What Will Edwards' Delegates Do? | 14 comments (14 topical)

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    Well, a lot has changed since Iowa (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by NJDem on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:18:26 AM EST
    and presumably JE supporters would think it makes more sense to choose one of the two remaining candidates.  I've always thought that Universal Health Care was so important to JE supporters that they would choose HRC--not to mention her outspokenness and plans re: poverty.  But I could be wrong.  

    As a former John Edwards supporter (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Iphie on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:28:55 AM EST
    I don't think you're wrong. Health care was a huge part of my decision to support Clinton -- not the only one, but it definitely tilted me in that direction. Paul Krugman helped solidify the choice as well.

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    While they are allowed (none / 0) (#1)
    by flyerhawk on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:13:29 AM EST
    to change their mind it is unlikely that more than a small handful will actually switch camps.  Delegates are usually pretty hard core supporters of their candidate.  They are specifically selected as delegates because they are loyal supporters.

    Endorsement By Edwards (none / 0) (#3)
    by Saul on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:21:23 AM EST
    to either one of the candidates would probably make the decision easier for the delegates.

    His tell-all autobiography (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by oculus on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:47:55 AM EST
    about this time period will be very interesting.  

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    My Bet Is That They Stick With Edwards (none / 0) (#6)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 12:43:58 PM EST
    Absolutely no backup for my guess. Just what I think will happen.

    I wonder (none / 0) (#7)
    by Steve M on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 01:04:14 PM EST
    if it is possible that issue we're not talking about will have an effect on any of the delegates.

    As fly says, these are hardcore partisans, but still.

    The Issue We Are Not Talking About Is One (none / 0) (#8)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 01:07:53 PM EST
    of the reasons that I think they will tend to stick with Edwards for the time being.

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    Well (none / 0) (#9)
    by Steve M on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 01:10:48 PM EST
    to be clear, I didn't just mean the Edwards folks.

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    Not Real Sure About "Party Leaders" (none / 0) (#10)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 01:57:07 PM EST
    reactions. As of yesterday, here via  Correntewire is what Pelosi had to say:

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Friday that it would be "harmful" to Democrats if superdelegates were to give the party's presidential nomination to a candidate who is trailing in the delegates awarded in primaries and caucuses.

    snip

    "But what if one candidate has won the popular vote and the other candidate has won the delegates?" asked Stephanopoulos.

    "But it's a delegate race," Pelosi replied. "The way the system works is that the delegates choose the nominee."

    Sounds like she is standing firm on what I would consider an Obama stance on nominee selection.

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    Yes (none / 0) (#11)
    by Steve M on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 02:05:43 PM EST
    Pelosi is pushing hard for Obama all of a sudden.

    It seems to me that most party leaders and uncommitted superdelegates will want to take a deep breath this week and see where the cards fall.  I mean, that's what they'd do if they had a brain, but I don't want to assume too much.

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    Concerns Me That She Does Not Appear To Be Taking (none / 0) (#12)
    by MO Blue on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 02:15:37 PM EST
    a deep breath, but pushing even harder. My take on this whole issue is that this is just the first installment. After this initial media flurry, the issue will appear to die down. Then after everyone gets comfortable that Obama got through this storm OK, it will gain new life due to another little tidbit. This is how the Republicans have operated in the past and I don't see them relinquishing a winning strategy.  

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    Why is she always behind in organization (none / 0) (#13)
    by fuzzyone on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 04:13:42 PM EST
    Why was Obama talking to the Edwards people a week before her.  It just seems like his organization is consistently better.  Does that reflect on the management capability of the candidate?

    Edwards asked (none / 0) (#14)
    by facta non verba on Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 05:05:05 PM EST
    his delegates to stick with him. About two weeks ago. Right before Ohio/Texas.

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