Politics / May. 29, 2008 at 4:36 pm

Reid says Democrats will have a candidate next week

According to Political Radar, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) said today that the Democratic primary “will be ended a couple days after June 3rd.” Reid, who is himself an uncommitted superdelegate, told KGO Radio in San Francisco this morning that he spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and DNC Chairman Howard Dean and all three agree that they don’t want a fight at the convention.

The Democratic Party’s rules and bylaws committee is meeting this weekend to decide the fate of Michigan and Florida delegations. In addition, Democratic leaders will put pressure on uncommitted superdelegates to make a decision after the last Democratic primary is held next Tuesday, June 3 in Montana and South Dakota, well before the Democratic convention in August.

“The time has come to make a decision. I think we need a general election that’s 5 months. I don’t think August is enough time,” Reid said.

So who will represent the Democrats in the general election this fall?

Reid said that “simple math indicates” that Barack Obama is the likely nominee.

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  1. The DNC lawyers have argued that at most half the delegates (or all the delegates with half a vote) could legally be seated. Anything more would reek of impropriety!

    There are not enough delegates left in the three remaining contests to affect the outcome.

    The heavy-weights (Pelosi/Reid) are posed to pressure the remaining Super-Delegates to chime-in.

    Stay tuned for the season finally of the Obama-Mama-Drama!

    I don’t want to spoil the ending by telling you that Obama emerges the victor; oops!

    Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind!

    http://klintons.com

    Bob

    May 30, 2008 at 5:06 am

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