2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSusan Sarandon argues flipping 300 delegates is just as likely as no indictment before the
Convention! She spoke of the indictment as an inevitable, ha ha. This was just on MSNBC, Tweety charitably called her view as "romantic".
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)when it comes to politics? I'll never understand that.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)I was a grad student during Paul Newman's anti-nuclear weapon activism and he was incredibly well informed.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Politico has done some excellent reporting in this area; perhaps you can read their articles.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Who needs drugs?
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)The Democratic front-runner says she's raising big checks to help state committees, but they've gotten to keep only 1 percent of the $60 million raised.
Sources working with the Hillary Victory Fund said the committee is sensitive to these concerns and that state parties were asked to submit names of donors they wanted to save for themselves.
More: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/clinton-fundraising-leaves-little-for-state-parties-222670
6chars
(3,967 posts)but she has played some more serious characters too. so, there's that.
trumad
(41,692 posts)CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)Poor Susan has gone 'round the bend. Nuttier than squirrel poop.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Luckily only a few day left when it's over for sanders and back to Vermont
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:13 PM - Edit history (1)
Ripping the SDs as corrupt of course. Derp.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Romantic is a kind term.
The thing that seems mostly likely to cause such a mass flipping is not something I think we should desire, and would be terrible for the party.
qdouble
(891 posts)CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)really doesn't believe in democracy.
Skink
(10,122 posts)They can do that if they choose to.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)To nominate the second place finisher is a way to destroy the party.
Skink
(10,122 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)dlwickham
(3,316 posts)Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)Susan is way out there with the romance.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For the second time in three days, Sen. Hillary Clinton told reporters that the pledged delegates awarded based on vote totals in their state are not bound to abide by election results.
Sen. Hillary Clinton lags behind Sen. Barack Obama in the popular vote and in pledged delegates.
It's an idea that has been floated by her or a campaign surrogate nearly half a dozen times this month.
Sen. Barack Obama leads Clinton among all Democratic delegates, 1,622 to 1,485, in the latest CNN count. Among pledged delegates, Obama leads Clinton 1,413 to 1,242.
"Every delegate with very few exceptions is free to make up his or her mind however they choose," Clinton told Time's Mark Halperin in an interview published Wednesday.
"We talk a lot about so-called pledged delegates, but every delegate is expected to exercise independent judgment," she said.
Clinton's remarks echoed her Monday comments to the editorial board of the Philadelphia Daily News.
"And also remember that pledged delegates in most states are not pledged," she said Monday. "You know there is no requirement that anybody vote for anybody. They're just like superdelegates."
Clinton also made similar comments in a Newsweek interview published two weeks ago.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)We could end-up with just about anyone as a candidate.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)and meant it.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)More like 450.
barrow-wight
(744 posts)Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)Seriously, no revolution materialized but you helped kill thousands of people in America alone...go act , it is what you do...elections are not your strong suit.