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Braley: Don’t bypass nominating process
Iowa Democrat says purpose of convention to pick party candidate
JOHNSTON (AP)----Democrats should not short-circuit the party’s nominating process despite growing worries that the lengthy contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could spell trouble in November, Rep, Bruce Braley said.
“I think that the reason you have a convention, even though it’s rarely been true in modern times, is to nominate your candidate,” Braley said. “My preference is to let the system play out. If it hasn’t been resolved, it gets taken care of there.”
As a congressman, Braley is one of nearly 800 superdelgates to the Democratic National Convention in August. Those party and elected officials can support either candidate, regardless of outcomes in primaries and caucuses.
Braley initially backed John Edwards but has remained uncommitted since Edwards dropped out of the race.
Braley didn’t seem in any hurry to make a choice, even as the extended campaign leaves many Democrats worried that their eventual nominee will emerge in a poor position to face Republican John McCain in November. They point to polls indicating that a growing number of democrats would be unlikely to support a nominee who wasn’t their preferred candidate.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has said the nomination should be settled in June, shortly after the primary process ends.
Braley, speaking Friday during a taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program, said he’s considering a number of factors in making his choice. Those factors include the winner of his 1st district –Obama carried the region ---and who would be the strongest general election candidate.
That’s the way the process is designed to work, even if it means occasionally backing a different candidate than a majority of voters.
“It’s clear we weren’t elected by people from our district to make that choice,” Braley said. ‘That’s the whole purpose for having a different category of delegate.”
Neither Clinton nor Obama can win the nomination without the backing of superdelgates, barely half of whom have made their choice.
Braley rejected suggestions for a special convention of superdelgates in June to settle the issue.
He said he’s spoken to other elected officials in Iowa and that most are a bit uneasy about the role they’re playing in the election.
What’s important, he said, was to ensure the process remains true to its purpose. Still, he said there are dangers the protracted nominating contest could hurt the party.
“I think this has been an enormously successful year for Democrats across the country,” said Braley. “My concern is you get to a tipping point where all of the positive good will begins to decline.”
(The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA Sunday March 30,2008)
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