Brokered Convention

The democratic nominee for president needs just over 2000 delegate votes to secure his nomination as the democratic presidential nominee. At the democratic convention there are about 800 of the total of 4000+ delegates to the convention who are "Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Offical delegates" more commonly called SUPERDELEGATES. These delegates are not bound by any of the primaries. The party primaries select "Pledged Delegates" who are bound, at least through the first ballot, to vote for the candidate dictated by their primary result. We all know Senator Obama is becoming the favored candidate. It is doubtful that either candidate will have enough pledged delegates to win outright on the first ballot. It then becomes very possible that the Democrats will have a Brokered Convention where the Superdelegates will determine the Democratic Nominee. This was last done in 1952 and a Brokered Convention got us Adlai Stevenson. If 2008 again produces a brokered convention that selects HRC the Republican party will have a field day with her congressional record, her health care initatives, her personal conduct and the list goes on and on.

Would a Brokered Convention affect the GOP response?

Submitted by BigDaddy1976 on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 12:42pm.

You raise some good points, Dino. But I wonder if a brokered convention would make any difference to the Republicans. I would imagine they will try to attack HRC on all those issues even if she wins outright.

The real place I feel it would show is within the democratic party itself. A brokered convention would likely leave many democrats disinfranchised and feeling betrayed by their own party. A lower turnout could spell defeat since McCain appeals to many undecided and middle of the road voters.

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