Clinton and the DNC Are Not Just Colluding — They’re Changing the Rules for Superdelegates

[chwaliszewski]

While the media can give Clinton a pass on waffling about super-delegates — and they have, in fact entirely — what it cannot do is claim that Sanders’ position is the unprincipled and inconsistent one. Not only has Sanders not changed his unfavorable view of super-delegates, his position on super-delegates tracks with how the Party itself treats these individuals: as people who, per Luis Miranda and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, cannot and do not vote, and therefore cannot and must not be tallied, prior to the Party’s convention in Philadelphia this July.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/clinton-and-the-dnc-are-not-just-colluding----theyre-changing-the-rules-for-superdelegates_b_9876274.html

Your thoughts?

[silvershadow]

1. My God, this finally states what we've been saying all along. Thank you. nt

[Jack Bone]

2. I'm so sick of the DLC / Third Way corruption!

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[silvershadow]

4. I actually find it vile. nt

[deepestblue]

3. Scathing Report Outlining How Bernie Has Every Right To Vie For The Nomination

So Bernie Sanders saying that he plans to go to the Party’s summer convention and argue that he’s best positioned to win the general election is the veritable dictionary definition of “playing by the rules.” Meanwhile, Clinton and her camp suddenly discovering some unstated principle about the connection between super-delegates and the popular vote, or super-delegates and the pledged-delegate count, is pretty rich — given that Clinton picked up 86 percent of her super-delegates (451 of 523) at a time when she was well behind in both measures. Calling Clinton a hypocrite on the issue of super-delegates would be unkind; it would be more accurate to say that, on the subject of super-delegates, as on so many other subjects, there is no evidence that Clinton has any core principles whatsoever.

The traditional mechanism for assessing which primary candidate has the best chance to win in the fall is general-election polling, which research tells us hits an “accuracy spike” in April, at which point it’s about as accurate as August polling; Bernie Sanders led Trump by more nationally and in every battleground state in April polling.

Barring a Sanders concession — which the candidate has assured the nation is not forthcoming — if the national media and the Clinton campaign declare victory at any time prior to the July convention, it will not only be a contravention of the rules laid out for the media and the Democratic Party by the DNC but such a dramatic dereliction of journalistic principles that both the Democrats and indeed the nation will deserve whatever they get come November. The media has been slapping progressives in the face for a year now; and the Clinton campaign has gleefully joined in over the last few months; so when young, working-class, and progressive Americans stay home in November, don’t you dare turn around and blame it on us.

[cantbeserious]

5. This Revolt Has Been Building For Years - The DWS, DNC, DLC, Third-Way Has Only Themselves To Blame

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[djean111]

6. Succinctly states why I "evolved" from supporting Hillary in 2008 to knowing I can never support

or vote for her -

there is no evidence that Clinton has any core principles whatsoever.

[thereismore]

7. !