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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI suspect the Sanders super-delegates will not have the appetite for a contested convention
Especially the unelected "DNC Members" that have aspirations for higher office or jobs. Taking things too far may be a career limiting decision.
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I suspect the Sanders super-delegates will not have the appetite for a contested convention (Original Post)
Renew Deal
May 2016
OP
So Dean would split the conservative vote with the Republican if Bernie runs for the Senate
imagine2015
May 2016
#6
sixersixersixer
(17 posts)1. I see you're winning the hearts and the minds of the
Sanders supporters.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)2. Dean in Vermont 2018!
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)6. So Dean would split the conservative vote with the Republican if Bernie runs for the Senate
Providing Bernie isn't elected President of the United States this November.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)7. No. Howard Dean would NOT do that
I am just a Dean loyalist...
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)3. SDs aren't interested in overturning
The will of the voters.
I don't think Bernie really is either
frylock
(34,825 posts)4. Taking things too far may be a career limiting decision.
Not supporting Clinton may be a career limiting decision. I'm sure many super delegates entered this election knowing that to be the case.
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)5. So you think that Hillary will be able to buy their support with a promise of jobs and high office.
Well, she will certainly try. Her Wall Street and corporate connections is a big selling point with politicians who are only concerned with increasing their personal wealth.
I think they might have second thoughts on their own.