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Garrett78

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57. Most don't even know what delegates are. People pay more attention to headlines. Such as these:
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 03:54 AM
Nov 2018

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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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
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