"She needs to try and convince us she's not just the anointed one," said John Sprole, a 66-year-old attorney who was volunteering at a Democratic awards dinner in Polk County on Friday.
Moving along to Democratic awards, we've got to at least give an Honorable Mention to Harry Reid, for refusing to cave in to the Republican House's disaster aid bill.
He was the first writer to receive ADL's America's Democratic Legacy Award, in November 1976.
However, since the Democratic primaries award delegates proportionately, win or lose Obama is still going to pick up a substantial number of delegates in California - and he was helped today by the endorsement of the Los Angeles Times, California's largest newspaper.
While the earlier primary would also benefit Mrs. Clinton, who would have an enormous advantage as New York's junior senator, it might not scare all the other candidates away, since the Democratic primary awards delegates proportionately by Congressional district.
The Democratic governor awards $71.4 million contract to an outsourcing firm billing up to $256,160 per year per position -- plus $200,000 taxpayer financed "slush fund" for travel.
Congressional districts on the heavily Democratic coast will award proportionately more delegates.
The Austin district has eight delegates at stake, while the district that includes Brownsville, a heavily Hispanic area in which Mrs. Clinton has deep roots as a Democratic organizer, will award only three.
Updated Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign says that the Democratic party cannot award any of the "uncommitted" delegates from Michigan to any specific candidate, setting up a potentially major battle with the campaign of Senator Barack Obama.
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