THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008
NEWS
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POLITICS
Deal allowing delegates at conventions on hold
BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A deal to allow delegates from Florida and Michigan to participate at the Democratic National Convention is unlikely before summer, party chief Howard Dean said Sunday.
Dean said that was partly because presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama want to focus on the coming round of contests. Next on the schedule are
Pennsylvania on April 22 and Indiana and North Carolina on May 6, followed by several other states and U.S. territories. Voting ends June 3.
But he continued to express confidence that an agreement
would be reached to seat delegates from both states.
Both states have abandoned plans to hold do-over contests but are demanding to be included in the process. Dean has had talks with officials
egates — a total of 366 — for holding primaries too early in the process, violating party rules. Clinton and Obama agreed not to campaign in either state, and Obama joined other candidates in removing their names from Michigan's ballot.
Clinton won both primaries, and she and her campaign have been pressing for those results to be recognized. Obama objects.
"It's going to take some time to work that out because these candidates are really focused on these primary battles..."
"It's going to take some time to work that out because these candidates are really focused on these primary battles in ... Pennsylvania and West Virginia and North Carolina and so forth and so on," Dean told "Face the Nation" on CBS. "But I think we can work it out, and I want to work it out," he said.
HOWARD DEAN
Democratic Party Chief
During a separate interview on ABC's "This Week," Dean said "I agree" when asked whether a solution will have to wait until after the last Democratic contests in South Dakota and Montana on June 3 and after the remaining superdelegates have said which candidate they support.
The Democratic National Committee stripped Florida and Michigan of their convention del-
from both states but says Obama and Clinton must be part of any deal.
The former first lady trails both in the popular vote and in the pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses, and
has said she will take her fight for the nomination to the August convention in Denver if necessary.
Dean also has urged the superdelegates — the nearly 800 elected and other Democratic officials who are free to vote for whomever they choose — to take a position soon after the voting ends to avoid a convention fight. More than half the superdelegates have said which candidate they will support.
Dean said the nominee should be evident by June 1.
"Unless this is a dead heat, there's no reason to go to Denver," Dean said on CBS. "If the unpledged delegates will make their preferences clear and the voters will make their preferences clear, which they will by the third of June, then we'll know who our nominee is and we can win."
OBITUARY
Actor, activist Heston dies at 84
BY DAVID GERMAIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston's death. President Bush hailed him as a "strong advocate for liberty" while John McCain called Heston a devotee for civil and constitutional rights.
Even Michael Moore, who mocked Heston in his gun-control documentary "Bowling for Columbine," posted the actor's picture on his Web site to mark his passing.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Heston, who died Saturday night at 84, was a towering figure both in his politics and on screen, where his characters had the ear of God (Moses in "The Ten Commandments"), survived apocalyptic plagues ("The Omega Man") and endured one of Hollywood's most grueling action sequences (the chariot race in "Ben-Hur," which earned him the best-actor Academy Award).
Better known in recent years as a fierce gun-rights advocate who headed the National Rifle Association, Heston played legendary leaders and ordinary men hurled into heroic struggles.
National Rifle Association president Charton Heston died Saturday at 84, according to a statement from the actor's family. Heston won the 1959 best-actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and' 60s.
"In taking on epic and commanding roles, he showed himself to be one of our nation's most gifted actors, and his legacy will forever be a part of our cinema." Republican presidential candidate McCain said in a statement that also noted Heston's involvement in the civil-rights movement and his stand against gun control.
Heston's jutting jaw, regal bearing and booming voice served him well as Marc Antony in "Julius Caesar" and "Antony and Cleopatra," Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy," John the Baptist in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and an astronaut on a topsy-turvy world where simians rule in "Planet of the Apes."
"Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life,"
Heston's family said in a statement. "We knew him as an adoring husband, a kind and devoted father, and a gentle grandfather with an infectious sense of humor. He served these far greater roles with tremendous faith, courage
and dignity."
The actor died at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife, Lydia, at his side, family spokesman Bill Powers said. He declined to comment on the cause of death or provide further details Sunday.
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