Sanders' Quest for Superdelegates Loses One After Virgin Island Official Flips to Clinton

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Sanders' Quest for Superdelegates Loses One After Virgin Island Official Flips to Clinton
His last-ditch bid for the Democratic presidential nomination relied on persuading Clinton's superdelegate backers to support him.
Jennifer Epstein May 17, 2016 — 1:46 PM CDT


Bernie Sanders is trying to persuade Democratic Party superdelegates backing Hillary Clinton to flip their allegiance as a last-ditch bid for the nomination, but one Sanders supporter is going the other way.

Emmett Hansen II, the Democratic National Committeeman for the U.S. Virgin Islands, decided to shift his support to Clinton after a weekend briefing on her plans for U.S. territories that followed months of dissatisfaction with Sanders’ lack of concrete positions.
His reasons go right to the heart of Clinton's critique of the Sanders campaign. Hansen said that while he’s a believer in sweeping change, he also wants to get things done.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-17/sanders-quest-for-superdelegates-loses-one-after-virgin-island-official-flips-to-clinton

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Welcome aboard Mr. Hansen.

[SharonClark]

2. Love the flipping to Hillary

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. It's all a conspiracy I tell ya!!!!

[stopbush]

4. Expect to see more of this happening as the issue of Sanders not providing concrete positions

after having had MONTHS to produce them irritates people who expect such things from any SERIOUS candidate.

Hey, he's too busy basking in the glow of all those college kids hanging on his every bromide to produce such old fashioned crap as position papers.

[obamanut2012]

5. It's in the south -- Confederate island

Doesn't count.

[BootinUp]

6. So he explained his switch due to Bernie's lack of clear positions?

MUST BE A CONSPIRACY.

[artyteacher]

7. alan grayson should flip. eom