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- noun Alternative spelling of
superdelegate .
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Examples
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"I'm absolutely stunned," Kathleen Fahey, a Democratic super-delegate in 2008, said of Nelson's announcement.
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Obama's national co-chair, tried to sway one super-delegate by asking, "Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the White House?"
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When is CNN going to report Hillary's shrinking super-delegate lead.
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What kind of delegate will they think up next after "super-delegate" doesn't work anymore?
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If Hillary can't win with Bill Clinton running for her, and she can't win all the big states (as she used to claim), and she can't win the popular vote (as she used to claim), and her super-delegate lead has practically been erased – why in the world is she in the race?
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So he says, if this comes down to be a super-delegate vote — which he hopes and believes it will not — that he will support Senator Obama.
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Obama's pledged delegate lead continues to expand -- and the super-delegate total will also start to increase as the super-delegates move towards a "proven winner."
Clinton's road to the nomination is becoming insurmountable 2008
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Uncommitted super-delegate says the fight between Barack and Hillary is damaging to the party and to the November chances of winning the presidency.
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Obama's pledged delegate lead continues to expand -- and the super-delegate total will also start to increase as the super-delegates move towards a "proven winner."
Clinton's road to the nomination is becoming insurmountable 2008
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He is promoting an early super-delegate convention to wrap this up early.
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