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Hillary Clinton

yallerdawg

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4. What would be the purpose of having superdelegates...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:56 AM

Feb 2016

if all they did was follow the polling?

They are a bit of insurance against nominating a candidate who will most likely lose the General Election.

Their overwhelming support for Hillary has to tell us something!

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AP: Clinton raking in superdelegate votes[ [View all] riversedge Feb 2016 OP

She continues to pick up important endorsements, good. These are people who are Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #1

Exactly, Thinkingabout! Cha Feb 2016 #3

Jeeze, rivers.. I wonder why?! Could it be they've been paying close attention and know that Cha Feb 2016 #2

What would be the purpose of having superdelegates... yallerdawg Feb 2016 #4