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A July 1 deadline for Dems gains support
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 02, 2008 12:14pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, April 2, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Posted April 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 am
DNC Chairman Howard Dean recently argued that, instead of waiting until the convention, superdelegates should announce their candidate preferences by July 1, which is well after every voter will have participated in every primary and caucus. Yesterday, Dean’s plan picked up some high-profile support on the Hill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday threw his weight behind a plan to have superdelegates in the Democratic presidential primary make their votes public by July 1.
“I like that — July 1 or before,” Reid said of a plan floated last week by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean for superdelegates to show their hands between the end of primary season on June 3 and July 1.
Asked what he was going to do to encourage such a plan, Reid told Roll Call, “I just did it.”
For those who don’t want to see the nominating race continue until late August, this sounds vaguely encouraging. Sure, we’d still have three full months of campaigning left, but three is preferable to five. For that matter, whichever way the superdelegates break, having a nominee two months before the convention will give him or her time — to vet potential running mates, to put a ground game together, to try to bring the party together, etc. |
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