Delegates News

Bejing - As Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered his three-plus-hour speech at the Communist Party congress, delegates ranging from men in suits to military officers and former presidents dutifully turned every page as they read and listened to his words.

Washington - Donald Trump is bent on securing the Republican presidential nomination before the party's convention in July, but well-organized rival Ted Cruz has been cleverly out-maneuvering him in the all-important delegate battle.

Las Vegas - Didn't former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney win the states of Maine and Nevada in February's caucuses? He was able to win the popular vote, but three months later, it turns out that Texas Congressman Ron Paul is the winner.

Des Moines - Is Texas Congressman Ron Paul's strategy of accumulating delegates in the Republican primary process actually working? Recent delegate confirmations suggest that Dr. Paul will come out with the most delegates in Iowa, Minnesota and possibly Colorado.

The Barack Obama campaign decided to replace so already designated delegates with Obama backers, which has created a very nasty exchange between Democratic National Committee (DNC) member Jon Ausman and Obama's Florida finance chair Kirk Wagar.

The most powerful people for the Democratic party, at least for this weekend, is the 30 members of the Democratic Rules and ByLaws Committee.

The national Constitution Party will hold its presidential nominating convention on April 23-26 in Kansas City, Missouri. Six candidates are on the ballot. Among them are 1996 and 2008 Republican Party candidate Alan Keyes.

So the inability to come up with single rule, and the ability to polarize any situation have wound up with yet another set of ideas to deal with the Democrats’ self-inflicted problem. If you were looking for an unnecessary mess, this would be it.

American politics is a confusing issue for many and the primaries last night in four states has managed to muddy the waters of comprehension even more. Hillary Clinton took three out of the four states, yet she still trails in delegates by a large margin.

In a never ending pattern to "change" the rules, once again we see reports that Hillary Clinton's campaign may be planning to pursue litigation against the Texas Democratic Party over the party's complicated delegate selection process.

A report about the Clinton campaign which is disturbing to Democratic voters comes from a Politico article that claims, via confirmation from a "high-ranking Clinton official on Monday," that Hillary will "go after" Obama's pledged delegates.

Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, is voicing concern over the idea of a brokered convention at the end of the party's White House nominating contests, calling it a "bad scenario".

Mitt Romney has decided to hang up his coat and quit the campaign for a Republican presidential nomination. By suspending his campaign, Romney will keep his delegates and not give them to those still active in the presidential race.

With 63 winner-take-all delegates, Puerto Rico could be the determining factor in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Jonathan Prince, who is John Edwards' Deputy Campaign Manager, said on Monday that the candidate probably would receive enough delegates by the Democratic Convention to play a significant role in its outcome.

Delegates to the IPCC meeting in Bangkok say science has trumped politics, as an agreement was reached for a blueprint on combating climate change. Despite pressure from China, the world's first roadmap to deal with greenhouse gas emissions was made.