Show i Hillary lives to die another day Floyd W Masters Special to The Globe It has been an interminable six weeks between the Texas primaries and the the Pennsylvania vote on April 22 Despite Senator Hillary Clinton's victory in the Keystone state on Tuesday the paradox faced by the Democratic leaders has not changed Does the party challenge its Jeffersonian principles by going against the popular vote and give the nomination to Clinton based on perception among the party elite Clinton's margin of victory was 10 percent in Pennsylvania She won the popular vote by over votes thus she gained a net 15 delegates on Senator Barack The Tolle junior Illinois senator still maintains a lead in pledged delegates of around also leads with total states won and popular vote of around Both candidates will end the primary season with that scenario The question again will be raised Would the super delegates venture ventur to give the nomination to the candidate that was trailing in all the key categories thereby risking the stability of the the party party Adding to Sen Clinton's myriad of problems her campaign is heavily strapped for cash The financial records disclosed by Clinton reveal her campaign is over 1 million in debt In Clinton's victory speech on Tuesday night she made a passion filled plea pIca for donations 1 J p M f C I i c a y r j i y f fi fr r 3 j i I Photo courtesy of Clinton's margin of victory was 10 percent in the Pennsylvania primaries on April 22 Financial difficulties are not a aI I problem shared by At the beginning of April his campaign reported a cash balance of 42 million has revolutionized campaign funding by utilizing the Internet to attract small donations from nom many supporters To date campaign has raised over million A staggering 13 million was spent between the two candidates in Pennsylvania With nine more primaries yet to come Clinton's financial difficulties may prove tobe to tobe tobe be more of a barrier than that of campaign Clinton will need to win the remaining nine primaries by 80 percent to catch in pledged delegates Although Clinton gained in popular votes is expected to win North Carolina by a a. heavy margin thus recouping his losses in Pennsylvania The two candidates Democratic are likely to end the primaries virtually where they currently stand The next set of primaries is slated for May 6 in the states states' of North Carolina and Indiana The elongated election process process' will conclude on June 6 The longer the race goes goe on the two candidates risk putting the eventual nominee in a precarious situation going into the general election By allowing Republican Republic nominee John McCain to run unopposed and the Democrats Continue Continued on Primaries in In Pa a. a Continued from Al continuing to tear one another apart McCain could be perceived as a amore amore amore more desirable candidate in the fall The pressure will mount as both Clinton and attempt to persuade t the e super delegates over the coming weeks to support them The Democratic leaders will be pushing for some sort of finality soon as well Chairman Howard Dean has said the party needs to finish the primary process in order to move onto the general election Barring some sort of miracle Clinton will not catch in either pledged delegates or popular vote The super delegates will decide the nominee In a presidential election that the Democrats were expected to ru run nm away with internal strife and bickering may challenge the party's future I I |