While reading Reagan's Revolution, The Untold Story of the Campaign that started it all, by Craig Shirley, I noticed a similarity between 1976 and 2008, a State that Reagan was expected to win and delegates that had the option to jump ship as in uncommitted or Super Delegates in 2008. In 1976 Reagan was expected to win Tennessee but lost to President Ford, could Obama win Pennsylvania, or come close to Clinton, if he manages that he has won the nomination. The difference between uncommitted and super delegates is that the super delegates tend to be office holders, they need the African - American vote in the urban cities, they will support Obama. Also as Shirley points out the numbers are different, under two hundred in 1976, eight hundred in 2008. If you want to understand 2008 go and buy and read Reagan's Revolution, lot more informative and fun than the present mess in the Democratic Party.
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