Ahead of Clinton in the polls and pledged delegate count, Obama scratched his head, wondering why, if the New York senator says he's not qualified to be commander-in-chief, he would be suitable as the one who's a heartbeat away from the presidency, ...

McCain dined at the White House with Bush a day after sweeping primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont to surpass the 1,191-delegate threshold needed to capture the nomination during the GOP convention in September. Bush, who ...

Mrs Clinton wants the party to overturn its decision to strip Florida and Michigan of their delegates, after the states moved their primaries to January - without consulting national party rule makers ... However, the former first lady now ...

But Clinton threw some effort into Wyoming, perhaps hoping for an upset that would yield few delegates but considerable buzz and momentum ... Obama won seven delegates and Clinton won ...

" Based on their current counts, neither candidate can win enough delegates in the remaining primaries and caucuses to secure the nomination without the help of nearly 800 party officials and elected officials who also have a voice in the selection. ...

Brewer said a revised delegate plan would also need to be approved by the state party's executive committee and the DNC's rules and bylaws committee ... The two states have been struggling to come up with alternative plans to ensure that their ...

17--WASHINGTON -- A top campaign aide with Hillary Clinton's campaign -- and one who intially voted to strip Michigan of its delegates to this summer's nominating convention as a member of the Democratic National Committee -- today said if Barack Obama ...

Yet maybe they know better: that with both candidates scrambling for delegates, the "non-vote" in Florida may matter yet, especially if Hillary Clinton, who came out on top, gets her way ... The Republicans responded by halving the number of ...

McCain, who surpassed the benchmark 1,191 delegates needed for the nomination with primary and caucus victories Tuesday, said he was "honored and humbled" to have the president's support going into a tough general-election campaign ... Hillary Rodham ...

Overall, the AP tracks the delegate races by projecting the number of national convention delegates won by candidates in each presidential primary or caucus, based on state and national party rules, and by interviewing unpledged delegates to obtain ...

The other half of the delegates would be awarded on the following proposed bases, which could essentially give Clinton a net of 18 delegates: An even 50/50 split ... A proportional share based on the total delegate counts nationally, ...

7--Democratic superdelegates in Nebraska may become less than free agents if Nebraska Democrat Vince Powers gets his way Saturday. Powers wants five of the state's six superdelegates to back the Democratic presidential candidate who wins the ...

The Florida victory gave McCain all 57 of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention in the summer, which will choose the party's candidate for president, putting him ahead of Romney in the delegate count so far. A total of ...

Why delegates matter so much? It is simple because finally, it is up to the delegates who go to the Democratic and Republican national conventions to officially choose the nominees for the presidency ... Pledged delegates, which account ...

The remaining nine delegates would be awarded to Clinton according to the Democratic Party's rule that allocates delegates proportionally based on the percentage of the votes the candidate get in a primary election ... Obama now has 1,121 of ...