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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/02/superdelegates.html
Many of the superdelegates who could well decide the Democratic
presidential nominee have already been plied with campaign
contributions by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new study
shows.
"While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out
thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates
pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials
serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama
and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last
three years," the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics
reported today.
About half the 800 superdelegates -- elected officials, party
leaders, and others -- have committed to either Clinton or Obama,
though they can change their minds until the convention.
Obama's political action committee has doled out more than
$694,000 to superdelegates since 2005, the study found, and of the
81 who had announced their support for Obama, 34 had received
donations totaling $228,000.
Clinton's political action committee has distributed about
$195,000 to superdelegates, and only 13 of the 109 who had
announced for her have received money, totaling about $95,000.
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This gives a new meaning to "democracy in action."
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