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REUTERSReuters North American News Service Jan 30, 2008 15:08 EST (Reuters) - Delegates, not voters, will determine each party's nominee in the November 2008 U.S. presidential election. Here are some facts about how delegates are selected in each party: DEMOCRATS * Democrats divide their 4,049 delegates based on the number of voters in each state and how reliably those voters support Democrats. Democratic-dominated Massachusetts gets 121 delegates while reliably Republican Indiana gets 79, though both states have roughly the same population. * Primary or caucus results determine four-fifths of the convention delegates. A majority of 2,025 Democratic delegates are needed...

Obama: Clinton is divisive

January 30, 2008 2:16 PM in Political

Obama calls Clinton divisive figure Obama Attacks Clinton As Calculating and Divisive Figure Who Votes With the GOP NEDRA PICKLERAP News Jan 30, 2008 16:51 EST Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday said rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is too polarizing to win the presidency and she has taken positions shared by President Bush and Republican candidate John McCain for political expediency. Obama depicted Clinton as a calculating, poll-tested divisive figure who will only inspire greater partisan divisions as she sides with Republicans on issues like trade, the role of lobbyists in politics and national security. At the same...

Edwards Suspends Campaign

January 30, 2008 2:13 PM in Africa

Edwards exits presidential race Edwards Bows Out of Presidential Campaign, Saying Time for History to 'Blaze Its Path' NEDRA PICKLER and BECKY BOHRERAP News Jan 30, 2008 16:54 EST Democrat John Edwards bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, saying it was time to step aside "so that history can blaze its path" in a campaign now left to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. "With our convictions and a little backbone we will take back the White House in November," said Edwards, ending his second campaign in the same hurricane-ravaged city where he began...

‘No Slight Intended’

January 30, 2008 1:13 PM in Political

McCain Victorious

January 29, 2008 11:42 PM in Political

McCain beats Romney to win Fla. primary McCain Wins Breakthrough Triumph in Florida Primary, Gaining Upper Hand in GOP Nomination DAVID ESPO and LIZ SIDOTIAP News Jan 30, 2008 01:04 EST Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida primary Tuesday night, seizing the upper hand in the Republican presidential race ahead of next week's coast-to-coast contests and lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani. "It shows one thing: I'm the conservative leader who can unite the party," McCain told The Associated Press after easing past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his first-ever...

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