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In reply to the discussion: So Bill Clinton gave Romney debate advice when facing President Obama in 2012. That is very wrong [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts). . to vote for the candidate who won the caucus, in those states that use caucuses to select their delegates to the DNC.
Bill even ran out on to the public stage and said that caucuses were biased because only Democratic activists attended caucuses.
Idaho uses a caucus to select our delegates to the DNC, not a primary.
Idaho Democrats selected Senator Obama to be their national Presidential candidate in our state party's caucus, so he won all of the delegates from Idaho to go to the DNC because Idaho is a "winner take all" state.
In 2008, when Hillary was consistently losing in those states that use the caucus method to select their DNC delegates, she whined that they should be let go of any pledge to vote for the eventual winner of the caucus.
When Hillary started losing the 2008 primary, she wanted to change the rules concerning the delegates' pledges when they attended the DNC.
There was a very good article in Time magazine 2 weeks ago about how the Clintons play by their own rulez.
I agree that 2008 was more vicious than 2004.
I think that was because Senator Kerry had already wrapped up the nomination by March 13, 2004.
By winning so many primaries and caucuses in a row, he had won a clear majority of the delegates that would attend the DNC.
The 2004 primary was notable for the fact that the race for the eventual Presidential candidate was over faster than any other race for a Presidential candidate in the history of the Democratic party!!