11 add-on delegates were at stake today in key states of Pennsylvania, Texas, Kentucky and three other states (Vermont, Minnesota, Mississippi), and one more from Montana is at stake on Sunday.
I wrote here about how the add-on delegate results from Pennsylvania, Texas and Kentucky were separate tests for Senator and Presumptive Democratic Nominee Barack Obama on how unified the party was at this point in time.
I was perusing the different blogs and news sites from each state convention trying to glean some information.
From Texas I find that a controversy of sorts erupted when the tradition of electing the head of the AFL-CIO as an add-on delegate was imperiled by the fact that this person this year is Becky Moeller, who supported Senator Clinton in the primary, when the Obama campaign is pushing for all three add-on delegates as a show of strength and unity.
The appointment of the AFL-CIO head as an add-on delegate is deemed traditional in Texas, so going against this tradition is ruffling feathers. Also, Moeller is the first female head of the Texas AFL-CIO. So bumping her out not only hurts labor relations, but also gender relations in a state with a strong split between the two candidates. The blogger seems to believe that there is some compromise in the works between the two campaigns, which are having to de-escalate from full-on war quickly since Tuesday.
From Mississippi an unverified report suggests that the add-on delegate selected was a Hillary supporter, which is odd considering that Obama won the state heavily.
The other states are just simply impossible to track down anything right now. Hopefully something will become available by tomorrow.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment