New Hampshire Before New Year's?

摘要

I saw mayor richard daley of chicago last week, and he used a political term from the past: "Favorite son." Until the '60s, local party leaders would often keep their powder dry before a nominating convention by pledging their delegates to a senator or governor from their state. Occasionally, one of these favorite sons—like Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson in 1952—would win the nomination; more often, their delegates became bargaining chips. Daley was explaining why he's backing Barack Obama. Illinois officials are rallying behind him, just as New York has united around Hillary Clinton.