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JHan

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53. Yup, and caucuses never attracted the same level of intense distrust and mania.

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 03:24 AM

Nov 2018

It's telling.

"the fact that the states which kick things off aren't remotely representative of our electorate."

- 1000 times this.

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Congressional Black Caucus passed a vote of no confidence on DNC Chair Tom Perez [View all] octoberlib Nov 2018 OP

one might think these issues could wait til dems take over the house.. nt msongs Nov 2018 #1

What does CBC's policy on a Party official have to do with House Leadership? brooklynite Nov 2018 #22

Yeah, didn't take long for the circular firing squad to start Blue_Tires Nov 2018 #67

Interesting. elleng Nov 2018 #2

Some people on Twitter thought it was over his stance on superdelegates. octoberlib Nov 2018 #4

Thanks. elleng Nov 2018 #19

He just won back the house. Stupid. phleshdef Nov 2018 #3

And 300+ state legislative seats and 7 governorships. Bleacher Creature Nov 2018 #7

Lets be fair...Trump did a whole lot of that work for us. I don't know what their beef is, JCanete Nov 2018 #59

They are angry because the superdelegates were made slightly less important phleshdef Nov 2018 #60

oh totally. I agree with you on that actually. Thanks for doing what I was too tired to do. nt JCanete Nov 2018 #66

Probably due to the Super D change. I support Perez on that issue. CentralMass Nov 2018 #5

Thanks! octoberlib Nov 2018 #10

I support the CBC on that issue. n/t pnwmom Nov 2018 #13

Same here nt Sunsky Nov 2018 #15

+1 Stellar Nov 2018 #62

Same here. nt DURHAM D Nov 2018 #25

Ditto. NYC Liberal Nov 2018 #27

Absolutely. eom. DonViejo Nov 2018 #28

Yes. nt R B Garr Nov 2018 #30

I'm also with the CBC on the Superdelegate Issue Small-Axe Nov 2018 #45

+1 Tarheel_Dem Nov 2018 #55

I support the CBC on the super delegate issue Gothmog Nov 2018 #32

I stand with the CBC. NurseJackie Nov 2018 #33

I also support Tom Perez on Superdelegate reform. NT Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #36

Add me to the list of his supporters. murielm99 Nov 2018 #61

seems to be really bad timing Celerity Nov 2018 #6

Would it be better to wait until shanny Nov 2018 #12

at least wait until the new Congress is in place Celerity Nov 2018 #17

Too bad people can't just be happy with success for a whole week. dem4decades Nov 2018 #8

yea for real bdamomma Nov 2018 #29

Elections have consequences. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #9

Super Delegate are undemocratic. They represent 15% of the electorate and serve one purpose, to CentralMass Nov 2018 #14

Agreed. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #18

+1 Power 2 the People Nov 2018 #24

Another agreed n/t Tom Rinaldo Nov 2018 #31

The SDs did not deny Bernie the nomination, nor was there ever the possibility that they would. StevieM Nov 2018 #34

I think that they had a big impact on the reporting of and public perception of the race, Take .. CentralMass Nov 2018 #46

If Bernie had won the PDs he would have gotten all of the SDs. StevieM Nov 2018 #47

So in this case if the superdelegates who decided to declare early had decide to declare for the CentralMass Nov 2018 #48

The party did no such thing. Bernie got a lot fewer votes than Hillary and was never close to StevieM Nov 2018 #50

Spot on. The Superdelegates were not a factor in his loss. JHan Nov 2018 #51

As I've pointed out before, there are people revising history. The media hailed Sanders as... Garrett78 Nov 2018 #52

Yup, and caucuses never attracted the same level of intense distrust and mania. JHan Nov 2018 #53

That is just false. I googled 2016 New Hampshire primary. See below CentralMass Nov 2018 #54

Most don't even know what delegates are. People pay more attention to headlines. Such as these: Garrett78 Nov 2018 #57

It's really amazing, looking back at that, how we ended up with Contested Convention talk.. JHan Nov 2018 #63

What are you talking about? What election? Cha Nov 2018 #56

That's too bad I liked him. Autumn Nov 2018 #11

I doubt that he is going anywhere. CentralMass Nov 2018 #16

yes, I though he did a great job. At end of day around + 40 in the House and only -2 in the Senate Celerity Nov 2018 #20

+1 CentralMass Nov 2018 #26

If we win the FL recount and the MS runoff election Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #44

He has a 5 year term which started last year. NT Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #37

With a vote of no confidence how effective will he be? Autumn Nov 2018 #38

About a fifth of Congressional Democrats voted. NT Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #40

Okay. Not bad. Autumn Nov 2018 #42

The only superdelegate change is that they won't vote until round 2. Garrett78 Nov 2018 #21

Apparently the CBC disagrees. CentralMass Nov 2018 #23

The CBC is painfully wrong. phleshdef Nov 2018 #58

+1 CentralMass Nov 2018 #65

I support Tom Perez. Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #35

I stand with Tom. He and his staff and group deserve a lot of credit for our wins. allgood33 Nov 2018 #39

He's done an adequate job, in my opinion... kentuck Nov 2018 #41

The job is calling donors every day asking for money. Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #43

I support the CBC.. nt Tavarious Jackson Nov 2018 #49

OK... disillusioned73 Nov 2018 #64