Hillary, To California: Your Votes Don't Matter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/clinton-to-californians-y_b_10053848.htmlClinton to Californians: Your Votes Will Not Affect the Democratic Primary Whatsoever
On Thursday, Chris Cuomo had the temerity to use conditional language in speaking of Hillary Clinton’s chances of becoming the Democratic nominee for President.
It didn’t go over well.
The relevant portion of the transcript is below:
{at 10:40 in the video}
CUOMO (CNN): So you get into the general election, if you’re the nominee for your party, and —
CLINTON: I will be the nominee for my party, Chris. That is already done, in effect. There is no way that I won’t be.
CUOMO: There’s a Senator from Vermont who has a different take on that —
CLINTON: Well —
CUOMO: He says he’s going to fight to the end —
CLINTON: Yeah, it’s strange.
It’s hard to take Clinton’s first comment as anything but a statement that nothing California could possibly do in its primary could change the outcome of the Democratic race — even though it’s now widely accepted that Clinton can’t win the primary with pledged delegates alone. This means that the Democratic nomination will be decided by super-delegates, who don’t vote for more than two months — at the Democratic National Convention, to be held in Philadelphia on July 25th. As the DNC has repeatedly advised the media, those super-delegates can and often do change their minds — and are free to do so up until they actually vote this summer.
CNN analyst Carl Bernstein noted several times Wednesday night that between mid-May and late July countless things could happen that would cause super-delegates to move toward Sanders en masse.
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And she's right. 
I imagine you won't understand this post either
Debbie Wasserman Schultz scheduled debates according to what Clinton wanted. Clinton has total control over the nowhere-near-neutral DNC head. All DNC disputes are resolved in Clintons favor. Clinton currently is getting a proportion of convention seats on key committees far in excess of her "victories".
Hillary Clinton Seizes The Upper Hand Before Voting Starts With Super Delegate Pledges
In Friday, while Hillary Clinton was addressing the Democratic National Committee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, senior campaign officials announced that Clinton had already received pledges of support from at least 440 of the party’s estimated 713 super delegates. That total includes 130 superdelegates who have publicly endorsed Clinton, as well as an additional 310 who have made private commitments to support Hillary.
Superdelegates are elected officials and party leaders who are given special voting delegate status at the national convention separate from the delegates who are chosen by Democratic primary voters and caucus attendees. While they make up just over 15 percent of the total delegates at the Democratic convention, they can be decisive in a close nomination contest.
To become the party’s nominee, a Democrat will need to secure a majority of the approximately 4,491 delegates at stake in 2016. If the Clinton campaign’s count is accurate she has secured the support of over 60 percent of the superdelegates, which puts her 1/5th of the way to locking down the 2,246 delegates she would need to win a majority at next year’s convention.
Delegates who have pledged their support this early are under no obligation to honor their pledge. However, the high number of superdelegates planning to back Clinton demonstrates her enduring popularity with party leaders and current elected officials. Barring a campaign collapse, it would be unlikely for many pledged superdelegates to defect away from supporting her.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/29/hillary-clinton-moves-lock-nomination-voting-starts-super-delegate-pledges.html
This "primary" was supposed to be over after Iowa and New Hampshire - Super Tuesday at the latest. All of this decided by the DNC before one vote was cast, before anyone else had announced they would run.
But I didn't want to make the wrong conclusion. 
I remember when Hillary first started getting 538 Endorsement numbers and everyone who supported her opponent said endorsements were no big deal. You continued this narrative until someone apparently had an Epiphany and realized the importance of these endorsements. Of course now these endorsements were mostly people that had become super-delegates. Oops.
Senator Sanders had every opportunity that Hillary had. He chose not to. He has still done nothing for the DNC or members of the Democratic Party. Instead of working within the DNC guidelines, which Hillary has, he as decided to declare that the DNC was working against him. To make the DNC the really "enemy" here.
And now you just eat this plate of BS, usually asking for seconds.
No one ever expects the Hate Squad. 
Which can be viewed here: (scroll down for a historical perspective - Hillary has been killin' it)
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/
Is the Democratic Party contrary to the Voters? Yes, there were a number of Democrats that strongly backed Hillary before she officially announced. Myself included. While she was dodging the question she was spending a lot of time with people that she trusted. Discussing the process and getting help from other Democrats.
Do you know how many people decided that Bernie should run as President? Less than 80. Ya' see, we can play this stupid game for a long time.
BS= Burnt Salmon
Ah, the Hate Squad. No one ever expects the Hate Squad.
CA is free to vote as it chooses!!
