Delegates

Posted at 11:14 am on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Uncategorized, and tagged 2008.

The absolute craziest thing about the primary process (aside from the fact that some states do caucuses and others primaries, and Texas a mix of both, one party divides the delegates proportionally and the other offers winner-take-all, and some states opt for a closed primary, while others opt for a partially-open or absolutely-open primary; there clearly is no rhyme-or-reason to the process, but alas, this is the United States election system, we live and die by it) is the fact that not two of the major news networks and newspapers agree on the standing delegate count. Some are off by one, and others by dozens or more. Some report superdelegates, but superdelegates can (and have) changed their minds.

The current delegate count — as of this morning — from Talking Points Memo…

CNN: Obama 1,378, Clinton 1,269
CNN: Obama 1,184, Clinton 1,031 (Not counting supers)
NBC: Obama 1,194, Clinton 1,037 (Not counting supers)
ABC: Obama 1,385, Clinton 1,275
CBS: Obama 1,389, Clinton 1,267
Associated Press: Obama 1,386, Clinton 1,276
Associated Press: Obama 1,187, Clinton 1,035 (Not counting supers)
New York Times: Obama 1,303.5, Clinton 1,212
New York Times: Obama 1,155, Clinton 1,021.5 (Not counting supers)

Bonus: The New York Times is the only one reporting half-delegates. “My right-side of the brain loves Clinton, but the left-side supports Obama. It makes for interesting side-debates around the dinner table.”

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