With Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York nearly splitting the delegate count in the race for the Democratic nomination, party leaders have a dilemma on their hands: a tie ball game heading into their convention.
"I think we're going to have a nominee by middle of March or April." DNC Chairman Howard Dean said. "But if we don't, then we're gonna have to get the candidates together and make some kind of arrangement, because I don't think we can afford to have a brokered convention. That would not be good news for either party."
That's because unlike recent conventions, when the party tickets were firmly established, Obama and Clinton could conceivably end up short of the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination.
Heading into Saturday's contests, nine pledged delegates separated Clinton and Obama. Clinton has amassed 840 pledged delegates to Obama's 831. By contrast, Sen. John McCain has built a commanding lead for the Republican nomination.
The job of putting Clinton or Obama over the top could fall to superdelegates -- the nearly 800 party leaders who can cast ballots for the candidate of their choice.
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One thing is clear: The longer the two senators go at it, the more it will cost them.
Seriously. The Democratic party has to get its act together! If McCain already has the republican nomination its a sure thing hes on the ballot. hes already gaining support for the final election! if Clinton and Obama don't decide this soon the party is brokered and nobody wins. or at least...nobody but McCain. Someone has to make a decision about who is running and the longer it takes, the harder its going to be to win
Yours Truly ~~
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