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2016 Postmortem

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

5. To the pledged delegates, superdelegates voting for Clinton against the popular vote of the state

Reply to bkkyosemite (Reply #1)

Fri May 6, 2016, 05:51 PM

May 2016

really has been only a nebulous concept surrounded by academic arguments for and against, up to this point. Simply the presence of the superdelegates (even the name is bad optics) will not create unity. Rather the 'undemocraticness' of it now will be an unavoidable reality, as each state convention is held (remember Colorado), and its blatant, in-your-face, use is really going to anger the Bernie delegates.

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Dems Hope State Conventions Can Unite Sanders, Clinton Fans [View all] Purveyor May 2016 OP

Not going to happen bkkyosemite May 2016 #1

To the pledged delegates, superdelegates voting for Clinton against the popular vote of the state JimDandy May 2016 #5

in this case hope needs substance oldandhappy May 2016 #2

Yeah, I'm sure stacking convention committees with Hillary supporters will unite liberal_at_heart May 2016 #3

I wouldn't count on it. nt antigop May 2016 #4

As if . . . fleur-de-lisa May 2016 #6

I'm going to be in Kotzebue next weekend Blue_In_AK May 2016 #7

Now who is wishing for flying ponies? HereSince1628 May 2016 #8

Apparently they expect Bernie's people to forget everything Ferd Berfel May 2016 #9