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In reply to the discussion: Congressional Black Caucus passed a vote of no confidence on DNC Chair Tom Perez [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)57. Most don't even know what delegates are. People pay more attention to headlines. Such as these:
Here's how CBS covered it:
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/politics/new-hampshire-primary-highlights/index.html
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/bernie-sanders-wins-new-hampshire-primary-hillary-clinton
MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/sanders-makes-history-new-hampshire-landslide
NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/politics/new-hampshire-primary.html
Vox: https://www.vox.com/2016/2/9/10955298/new-hampshire-primary-results-bernie-sanders-wins
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35538361
The suggestion by some that the dominant media narrative was something akin to "Sanders and Clinton in virtual tie in New Hampshire thanks to superdelegates" is patently false. Headline after headline, article after article, made it clear that Sanders was the big winner. Revisionist history doesn't change that.
And even though the race was effectively over by Super Tuesday, the media kept up the horse race coverage.
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Congressional Black Caucus passed a vote of no confidence on DNC Chair Tom Perez [View all]
octoberlib
Nov 2018
OP
What does CBC's policy on a Party official have to do with House Leadership?
brooklynite
Nov 2018
#22
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
oh totally. I agree with you on that actually. Thanks for doing what I was too tired to do. nt
JCanete
Nov 2018
#66
Super Delegate are undemocratic. They represent 15% of the electorate and serve one purpose, to
CentralMass
Nov 2018
#14
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
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
As I've pointed out before, there are people revising history. The media hailed Sanders as...
Garrett78
Nov 2018
#52
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
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
I stand with Tom. He and his staff and group deserve a lot of credit for our wins.
allgood33
Nov 2018
#39