{"id":4717,"date":"2008-02-14T19:36:50","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T19:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/superdelegates-get-campaign-ca.html"},"modified":"2008-02-14T19:36:50","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T19:36:50","slug":"superdelegates-get-campaign-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/superdelegates-get-campaign-ca.html","title":{"rendered":"Superdelegates get campaign cash from candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, would it be consider a bribe to get super delegates to cross over if you <a href="http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/<\/a>“>offer them campaign contributions<\/a>? And don’t you think that’s going on as we speak?<\/p>\n

Many of the superdelegates who could well decide the Democratic presidential nominee have already been plied with campaign contributions by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new study shows.
\n“While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years,” the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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