Communications Director for DNC tells CNN to STOP counting SuperDelegates in totals

[jillan]

because they haven't voted yet! And they can change their mind at the Convention.

Got it?! Or don't get it. Argue all you want. But this is the 2nd person from the DNC that has said to stop including superdelegates in the candidates totals because they haven't voted yet. The first person was DWS herself.

[senz]

1. Excellent and as it should be.

The triumphalists won't like it because they enjoy assuming all the SDs will go for their candidate and, of course, rubbing Bernie supporters noses in their silly assumption.

I hope this will also put a stop to the nonsense about the networks "calling the nomination" on June 7th -- another thing the taunters like to use.

[jillan]

2. Well if Jake Tapper got the message, that is a good thing. As for Msnbc - they have become nothing

more than a propaganda station anyway.

[roguevalley]

23. they do that so they can depress the future votes with the lie

[grasswire]

3. I recently learned that Tapper worked for Chelsea's mother in law.

FWIW.

[jillan]

4. Very interesting. Very.

The Clinton tentacles run deep.

[FourScore]

5. I like that guy!! Why can't we see more of him and less of DWS? n/t

[merrily]

6. Waited long enough, though. The primary has only days to go.

This is a sop to party unity, IMO.

[dreamnightwind]

7. Pathetic to let it go on for virtually the entire primary

I suppose it has accomplished what they wanted, now they can appear to do the right thing since they assume HRC has it locked up.

In my opinion the use of the superdelegate "count" was a major influence, keeping people from thinking Bernie could win, which he could have and should have, given more fair circumstances from media and party.

[B Calm]

10. My thoughts too. This primary has been a sham from the get-go!

[amborin]

25. yes, a total sham; shilling, smearing, supppressing the entire time

[silvershadow]

8. K&R

[Waiting For Everyman]

9. This practice has already skewed the election

as it was intended to do, no doubt. It invalidates all the vote numbers that are touted 24/7.

Every single vote since the beginning of the Primary has been influenced by these phony super delegate totals, that never were supposed to be reported in advance.

From the first vote, some number of people seeing a big (fictional) lead like that think, 'oh well I'll vote for one who's ahead by so much, most people seem to think she's the best choice'.

This Primary has been a joke from start to finish.

[magical thyme]

11. too bad they didn't start telling them this a year ago. nt

[NCTraveler]

12. I like that you are in their corner and spreading their word.

Go DNC. Lol

[Bread and Circus]

13. only 9 months too late.... the heist has already happened

[mushroomhunter]

14. C-Span has done it too

pathetic.

[oberliner]

15. The pledged delegate winner should be the nominee

Whoever that ends up being.

[Demsrule86]

16. Well it won't be

Bernie...he can't win enough..and his behavior suing everyone in California...ragging on Feinstein and Boxer...threatening the convention.

[NorthCarolina]

18. So, you are saying that

if Bernie is ahead in pledged delegates going in to the convention, the SD's should vote Hillary anyway?

[imagine2015]

19. That's not how it works under Democratic Party primary and convention rules.

[oberliner]

22. That's why I wrote should

Expressing my opinion about how I think it ought to be.

[geek tragedy]

17. By 11:00 pm (EST) on June 8, Hillary Clinton will universally be

declared the winner of the Democratic primary and the presumptive nominee.

[HerbChestnut]

20. Even though neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates and the convention isn't for...

another month.

[geek tragedy]

21. Just like Obama in 2008. Clinton will have clearly won

the voting and will be declared the winner.

It will be over in 9 days.

Everyone who is relevant will treat Clinton as the nominee. Up to Sanders if he wants to be relevant.

[amborin]

26. Obama wasn't under FBI investigation with clear evidence, already, of a felony, for starters

nor was he exposed as a serial liar

[Sheepshank]

24. In the hopes of getting Bernie Bros to stop the whining

....And the "it's all rigged" manufactured crappola. I don't think it will work.

[jillan]

27. What? LOL - did u even listen to him? He was telling the media to stop including Superdels AS has

DWS.



Nice try.

And BTW I do not appreciate your sexist post.

[bobbobbins01]

28. Hey guys, cut it out!

: :

[findrskeep]

29. K & R nt

[k8conant]

30. Senator Feinstein hadn't got this message as of yesterday...

she said 75 left to go for Hillary.