Maine Democratic Convention Abolishes Superdelegates.
Cue Debbie Wassermann-Schultz Panic Attack in 3... 2... 1...
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this is THE time for the state to make such choices.
She has hundreds more pledged delegates than Sanders. Yet Sanders is arguing that SDs should flip to him. THAT is trying to force a candidate down our throats. The bullies are the Sanders supporters screaming at Hillary supporters.
But thank you for mansplaining to me how the system works, like my major was not poli-sci or anything... 
Beginning with its creation as a state in 1820 when it split off from Massachusetts, Maine held its elections for statewide and congressional offices in September, not November as did most other states, due to warmer September weather and Maine's early harvest.[1][2] (Maine did hold its presidential elections in November.)[3]
Maine's reputation as a bellwether began in 1840, when it voted in Edward Kent, the Whig Party candidate, as Governor of Maine. Two months later, the Whig party Presidential candidate, William Henry Harrison, won the 1840 presidential election.[1] Again in 1888 Maine voted solidly for Republican Party candidates, and Republican Benjamin Harrison won the Presidential election despite losing the overall popular vote nationwide.[4] The saying originated following this election, though it is unknown by whom.[4] In subsequent election cycles, national political parties often went to considerable lengths to win Maine's early Congressional and statewide elections, despite the state's relatively small population (and hence few seats in the House of Representatives, and few electoral votes in the November presidential elections) and somewhat remote location.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Maine_goes,_so_goes_the_nation
She came out of the gate very early for Hillary courtesy of the DNC bribe. Seeing as my district was almost 3:1 for Bernie, she needs to rethink. Especially because she's a shoe-in here and doesn't really need the DNC dough. Even my little red village voted in a liberal independent over a repug for selectman. 
What I posted was true. I am afraid that future Democratic contenders will follow Clinton's strategy, denying Democratic voters a real choice using party insiders and a feudal form of "democracy" appealing to leaders of groups instead of voters I hope it does not, we will see in the next non-incumbent Democratic Primary.
And how did she get there? Again the Democratic Primary was supposed to be over before Super Tuesday. Clinton's strategy (before any other candidates announced) included amassing intimidatingly large campaign war chest, schmoozing all of the leadership (but not members) of traditional Democratic leaning non-gov't groups (like unions) persuading the super-delegates to declare support for her(again before anyone else even announced they were running) was supposed to suppress any opposing Democratic candidates. Then once the primary gets started, have your former campaign manager who is now in charge of the DNC to support you over other Democratic candidates. Is this part of the "I don't get it" tactic that Clinton supporters use? That Sanders manages to compete at all is incredible. No one else survived Clinton's un-(small d)democratic campaign.
And I won't miss seeing cut and paste talking points.
Thanks for the thread, stlsaxman.
