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2016 Postmortem

earthshine

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6. I keep reading that the SDs are irrelevant.

Reply to Oilwellian (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:34 AM

Feb 2016

So, why did the Clintons go through so much trouble to court them in advance of these primaries?

The Democratic Party is in need of severe shakeup. Doesn't seem very democratic to me.

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After Sanders' Big Win in NH, Establishment Figures Want to Scare You with Superdelegates [View all] Oilwellian Feb 2016 OP

They tried this same shit 8 years ago jfern Feb 2016 #1

I know Oilwellian Feb 2016 #2

that doesn’t mean they’ll overthrow the will of the people when it comes to the nomination DJ13 Feb 2016 #3

this info needs to be posted widely; great article, thanks for posting amborin Feb 2016 #4

Looks like they've given up on issues. senz Feb 2016 #5

I keep reading that the SDs are irrelevant. earthshine Feb 2016 #6

you don't sound scared.... mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #7

The superdelegate system amounts to mass voter disenfranchisement gyroscope Feb 2016 #8

I honesty believe they would be just fine with Trump as president instead of Bernie. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #9