NPR: Dean Wants Superdelegates to Decide "Now."

Dean Wants Superdelegates to Decide "Now."

Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean thinks that superdelegates have had enough time to consider the options, and wants they to start making up their minds ... now.

"We've got to know who our nominee is," Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said on CNN. "I need them to say who they're for, starting now."

Dean says about 65 percent of the superdelegates have announced their support for a particular candidate, and he wants the remaining 35 percent to speed it up. But he doesn't seem to have much leverage to get these last 300 or so delegates to make a move.

As USAToday reports, many superdelegates don't seem to be in any hurry at all to decide which candidate to back.

"Until America has (its) say, I'm going to wait to have mine," Debra Kozikowski, vice chairwoman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said. "I don't want voters ... to feel as though superdelegates are sweeping down and making the decision for them."

1:15 PM ET | 04-18-2008 | permalink

Comments

Little Napolean has to shoulder much of the blame for the goat rodeo that is happening in his party at the moment and he has the soybeans to tell the superdelegates to decide now right before the next primary?

You really couldn't have written a funnier novel than this. OK maybe Vonnegut.

The whole debaucle is Vonnegutian indeed.

Sent by deek | 1:40 PM ET | 04-18-2008

SUDDENLY, Dean wants to exhibit his concept of leadership...could someone remove his bib and take him out of his high chair...this is such a mess and there is no positive resolution that can come from this (except the lesson that shows how the Republican opponent can win by letting the other side destroy itself)...and it no doubt reflects the undeniable lack of vision at the top (DNC)...the Democratic Party is looking extremely sloppy, unorganized and panicked...what a week!

Sent by ard | 2:27 PM ET | 04-18-2008

Scenario: Brokered convention and Al Gore becomes 1st environental candidate.What a mess for Republicans.

Sent by Fay Gridley | 2:53 PM ET | 04-20-2008

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