Mr. Right: Candidates must respect the outcome of primaries
Feb. 28, 2008By Tuesday we could have a clearer picture of who the Democratic presidential candidate will be, but the Democratic race is likely to take us all the way to the party convention this summer. Why? For starters, the primaries aren't over: Pennsylvania alone has a total of 158 pledged delegates, and its primary won't be held until April 22. There are also the Michigan and Florida primaries to consider. Because both states moved their primaries to earlier dates in violation of party rules, they were stripped of their voting delegates at the Democratic convention. This decision remains controversial, and if the delegates' voting privileges are reinstated, they will be in Hillary Clinton's corner. It goes without saying that the inclusion of these delegate-rich states could change the outcome of the primaries.



