Poll: Majority of Democrats prefer ObamaA majority of Democrats would like to see Barack Obama rather than Hillary Clinton win their party's presidential nomination, according to a national poll out Monday.
Fifty-two percent of registered Democrats questioned in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say the senator from Illinois is their choice for president, with 45 percent supporting Clinton.
The poll also suggests Democrats are more enthusiastic about an Obama victory (45 percent) than for a victory by the senator from New York (38 percent).
The two remaining major candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are locked in a fierce battle for their party's presidential nomination, with Obama holding a slight lead both in delegates and the overall popular vote in the primaries and caucuses to date.
"The same patterns that we have been seeing in recent exit polls are holding true for Democrats nationwide as well. Obama's biggest support comes from men, younger voters and independents who lean Democratic," CNN polling director Keating Holland said. "Clinton does best among women, older voters and whites. One interesting difference, unlike the exit polls in many states, there is no difference in the national poll between college-educated Democrats and those who never attended college."
But it all may be moot after the DiMaio v DNC verdict. It was heard today. I have not seen a ruling, but some of the questions toward the DNC make me wonder nervously if they are about to get involved in our party business.
It could decide it all for us. It sounds like they are skeptical of the DNC's power in when primaries are scheduled. There is already Supreme Court precedent, so this is scary.
Primary Appeal"But the judges on Monday sounded skeptical of Steinberg's equal protection claim, noting in their questions that states select their presidential picks in different ways _ some use caucuses and others primaries _ and on different days. Judge Stanley Marcus suggested at one point that the only way to treat all the states equally, under Steinberg's theory, was for them to all hold their primaries on the same day."
"But the judges also tested the limits of Sandler's argument that the DNC rules prevail when it comes to scheduling state primaries.
Marcus asked whether the party can constitutionally exclude some states from the process altogether by allowing only small states to vote, for example, because the big states already hold political sway.
``Obviously, it would be political suicide but that's not what I'm asking,'' he said.
Sandler said he did not think that would be permissible but continued that was not happened in Florida, where the state was allowed to vote just not on the date they chose.
Sandler also said that DiMaio lacks standing to bring the suit, because his court filing doesn't say whether he even voted in the state's Jan. 29 election."
Do we say hello to nominee Clinton if the court decides the original primary stands? I need to look up the delegate count.
There is already a Supreme Court precedent on the side of the DNC. That makes me more concerned that the judge would ask the question.
Supreme Court precedent in favor of DNCThe 1981 Supreme Court decision for the case Democratic Party of U.S. v. Wisconsin, 450 U.S. 107 clearly states that the Democratic National Committee can make and enforce the rules on the delegate process.
"The State has a substantial interest in the manner in which its elections are conducted, and the National Party has a substantial interest in the manner in which the delegates to its National Convention are selected. But these interests are not incompatible, and to the limited extent they clash in this case, both interests can be preserved. The National Party rules do not forbid Wisconsin to conduct an open primary. But if Wisconsin does open its primary, it cannot require that Wisconsin delegates to the National Party Convention vote there in accordance with the primary results, if to do so would violate Party rules. Since the Wisconsin Supreme Court has declared that the National Party cannot disqualify delegates who are bound to vote in accordance with the results of the Wisconsin open primary, its judgment is reversed.
It is so ordered."
The judge's question makes it sound like the spin from Florida Democratic leaders has worked more than
I ever suspected. I hope we see the ruling soon.
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