HRC would have been nominated without the superdelegates...that proves we don't NEED them.

[Gothmog]

175. Ken-your posts and your proposals tell me all I need to know about your "experience"

Ken I have made my own determination as to your "real world" experience and your posts speak for themselves. The concepts you have advanced on this thread would not work in the real world and would be laughed at by super delegates. I simply strongly believe that your proposals will not work in the real world.

I have actually work in the real world including going to a national convention, training 200+ poll watchers and running the statewide voter protection efforts. I know the DNC rules on super delegates and pledged delegates. Your proposals ignore how DNC rules work. Again, if you have proposals that will work in the real world, please post them. However if these proposals will not work in the real world, do not expect people to ignore this fact.

As for Beto, I have met him a couple of time including at the National Convention (Beto was one of those nasty super delegates that you dislike). If Beto continues on his current course/platform I doubt that he has a chance against Carnival Cruz absent a major Democratic wave election. Beto is the only one willing to run against Carnival Cruz which is sad given that Carnival Cruz is a disgusting human being and is one of the few GOP senators who will not be primaried by Steve Bannon. I fear that Beto is pursuing the only platform currently available to him and I doubt that this platform will work in the real world. For Beto to win, there needs to be a major wave election and Beto may need to change his tactics to compete against Cruz. If a true Democratic wave materializes, then I suspect that Beto's fund raising will take off and that Beto will be changing tactics. Beto's current course is the only course currently available to Beto and a major Democratic wave election and increase fund raising would change that.

I will vote for Beto (I vote for anyone over Cruz) but I have not decided if I will donate to him. There are other candidates who are more competitive where my funds may make a larger difference. For example I have a friend running for District Attorney in my county and that position is both winnable and would make a huge practical difference. Harris County has its first Democratic District Attorney in 36 years and Kim Ogg is making a major difference (bail reform and marijuana decriminalization). Again, if it looks like 2018 is a true democratic wave election and Beto's fund raising takes off and Beto changes tactics, then I will revisit who I will be donating to.

The 2018 cycle is the last cycle where Texas will have straight ticket voting and I have a number of friends running for judicial races who have a decent chance if Harris County goes blue. I am also donating to the lady running against the Tea Party idiot who is running the Harris County elections.
In 2016, a lady I trained as a poll watcher won the Harris County Tax Assessor race (Texas used to have a poll tax and voter registration is handled by the local taxing offices in most counties) and so we do not have to sue on voter registration issues this cycle. If we can rid of a Tea Party idiot named Stan Stannart in Harris County, we have a chance for fairer elections. In addition, the son of a good friend is one of the leading candidates in Texas CD 7 and we can flip this seat.

I will continue to have fun working in the real world. Texas will turn blue but it will take a great deal of hard work on the ground. For example this motion was filed today by Chad Dunn in the Texas Redistricting case http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95844 In 2018, it will take a great deal of work to keep GOP voter suppression tactics from stealing the election. As noted above, I really want to defeat the tea party election administrator in Harris County.

Have fun with your efforts and I will have fun with my efforts.