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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Regarding Superdelegates -- Sanders Supporters Have Been Lied To [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)58. Interesting observation. What is the point of having Superdelegates if not to use them, though?
Looks like she's almost there! With Superdelegates. As of today, per GOOGLE.

From what Abramson wrote in OP:
Its actually perverse: the Democratic Party is now playing the innocent in the face of a widespread consternation and sense of disillusionment that their own actions produced. Theres a term for this treating someone poorly and then acting astonished at their all-too-predictable response, indeed doing all you can to make your victim think they must be going crazy but as its never yet been successfully applied to politics, I wont use it here.
Hypocrisy is all over the place, onenote.
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Bernie would be crushed once the Rs looped video of Bernie promising to raise taxes on the middle class
redstateblues
May 2016
#9
What if he lived 10,000 lives? and he suffered dandruff with rocks as big as cufflinks?
Octafish
May 2016
#39
Is your reliance on photos a camouflage for the paucity of thought that goes into your arguments?
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2016
#44
This has become the contradiction of the argument Sanders supporters are making.
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#33
LOL! You are implictly admitting that Clinton has been relying on a backroom deal
amborin
May 2016
#41
Clinton leads sanders in pledged delegates, super delegates, and votes.
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#45
Abramson cites exactly nothing for the claim that the DNC assured anyone that Superdelegates
onenote
May 2016
#30
Sounds good. And after that I hope and expect that the superdelegates will side with whoever
YouDig
May 2016
#23
Interesting observation. What is the point of having Superdelegates if not to use them, though?
Octafish
May 2016
#58
It keeps getting repeated that Clinton is wildly unpopular. How does she lead in votes? Explain pls.
brush
May 2016
#36
Totaling up the votes cast in caucus states requires some work but is possible.
onenote
May 2016
#52
The article referenced in you post says the Dem party "changed the rules". That's the same as . . .
brush
May 2016
#63
I wish there was a policy this election: no articles from Goodman and Abramson.
Beacool
May 2016
#65