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Bernie Sanders
Showing Original Post only (View all)Clintonistas starting to gloat over Hillary's superdelegate lead! [View all]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141245359Quote from the Bloomberg article:
Based on a memo from campaign manager Robby Mook and delegate figures provided by the Democratic National Committee, Bloomberg Politics estimates Hillary Clinton has well over 500 superdelegate commitments, putting her even closer to securing the minimum number needed to win the party's nomination before ordinary voters cast a single ballot in a caucus or primary.
Today, Hillary has more support from superdelegates than all the pledged delegates awarded in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and a third of delegates awarded on Super Tuesday combined, Mook said in the memo, which was sent to supporters on Tuesday and obtained by Bloomberg. (Politico reported on the memo earlier Wednesday.)
That confirms my suspicion that the Clintons, and the Clintonistas on DU, are willing to say: "to Hell with democracy! We want a coronation!"
If Bernie goes into the convention with a strong lead, and Hillary turns it around with the superdelegates, we are going to lose a lot of the formerly disillusioned young people that Bernie brought back into the system.
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Your point is well taken. I was really pissed off when I made my OP, and I still am!
LongTomH
Oct 2015
#11
If it had not been the same system since 1976, I'd agree but this is not new
yeoman6987
Oct 2015
#28
So much for this DLC infested "Democratic" party believing in a *democratic* process anymore!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#19