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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA Sanders super delegate switches to Clinton.
Bloomberg:
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 hes a believer in sweeping change, he also wants to get things done.
There are no more windmills to joust against and no more mountains to climb, said Hansen, a native of St. Croix who was on the Sanders campaign's list of publicly committed superdelegate supporters. It comes down to one thing: whats best for the Virgin Islands, to be fully incorporated into the United States.
Hansen is the first Sanders superdelegate to publicly shift his support to Clinton.
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 hes a believer in sweeping change, he also wants to get things done.
There are no more windmills to joust against and no more mountains to climb, said Hansen, a native of St. Croix who was on the Sanders campaign's list of publicly committed superdelegate supporters. It comes down to one thing: whats best for the Virgin Islands, to be fully incorporated into the United States.
Hansen is the first Sanders superdelegate to publicly shift his support to Clinton.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-17/sanders-quest-for-superdelegates-loses-one-after-virgin-island-official-flips-to-clinton
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A Sanders super delegate switches to Clinton. (Original Post)
kstewart33
May 2016
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LexVegas
(6,060 posts)1. Somebody tell Bernie he's doing this the wrong way.
dchill
(38,481 posts)2. He fears retaliation.
They probably all should.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)6. Ooo. Is that the new excuse/conspiracy theory? When Sanders endorses HRC what will your theory be?
a. Bernie was THREATENED! The Clinton "machine" got to him and he had to go along or share box space with Vince Foster!111!!
b. Bernie has SUPER-SECRET inside info about the FBI review and he's just biding time and uniting Dems because ONLY HE KNOWS that she's totally going to jail in September and he'll be the president!
c. Wall-Street oligarchy oppressors have somehow FORCED him to pretend to support her because . . . I dunno. You guys will have to fill in the details on that one.
dchill
(38,481 posts)7. Don't you sound amused!
CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)3. Serves him right.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)4. Check Finally Clear?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)5. kickety kick kickety kick