Isn’t it so very convenient that there will be a roll-call vote in Denver? Some 823 super-delegates will have to actually vote and they are not bound to vote for any particular candidate.
At the moment, Obama has about 2,230 delegates and he needs 2118 to win, giving him just 112 more delegates than he needs to clinch the nomination. His lead is even stronger among super-delegates (463-257).
The purpose of the super-delegates is to allow for flexibility in case the primary voters make an error. In other words, if a damaging scandal were to break before the convention, the super-delegates could save the party by switching to Hillary at the last moment.
Only 113 super delegates would need to be convinced that Obama can’t win against John McCain and Hillary could become the nominee of the party.
This could get interesting.
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