ok, last week, pelosi said the super delegates should vote the will of the primary voters. then, a bunch of
hillary high rollers sent her a letter threatening to come over and stomp the intestines out of her pet
pomeranian unless she "clarified" her remarks. then moveon sent her a letter threatening to come
over and knock up her siamese cat if she
did clarify her remarks.
and the end of last week, she was "bravely and steadfastly" standing by her original remarks. and now
today, it's done broken out in waffles all over the place.
looks like she loves her dog more than her cat.
Pelosi refines comments on superdelegates
In a slight change to earlier remarks, the House speaker says they should vote their consciences but she repeats her view that the will of voters must be taken into account.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi took to the airwaves this morning to say the fight for the Democratic nomination should be allowed to run its course, a slight twist after she was criticized for comments that appeared to back one Democratic presidential aspirant over the other.
Both Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama campaigned today in Pennsylvania where the next Democratic primary will be held on April 22. Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, campaigned in Virginia.
Speaking on ABC's "Good Morning America," Pelosi said that the Democratic superdelegates have a right to vote their consciences rather than just be bound by the results of the contests in their home districts or states.
Previously, Pelosi (D-San Francisco) had said she thought the votes of the superdelegates should follow the results of the contests during the primary and caucus season. That view seemed to support the position of the Obama campaign and was immediately criticized in a letter by 20 key fund-raisers for the Clinton campaign.
The issue focuses attention on the power that the almost 800 superdelegates will wield in the Democratic nomination process. Obama is about 130 pledged delegates and superdelegates ahead of Clinton, according to the Associated Press. But with 10 contests remaining, neither candidate seems likely to reach the 2,024 needed for the nomination.
Clinton is ahead with just the superdelegates, but about 40% of them have yet to announce their choice. That means that the superdelegates -- office-holders and party officials -- will likely cast the deciding votes in the nominating process.
Both campaigns have made strong pitches to the superdelegates. Obama has argued that since he is ahead with the popular vote, pledged delegates and money raised, he should get the superdelegates' support. Clinton has argued that she has won the major states, with the most electoral votes in the November general election. Both claim they can beat McCain.
There have been calls by Obama supporters to end the current battles by having Clinton withdraw. She, supported by Obama, has rejected those requests.
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