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Good link! DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #1
Maybe they can stop thinking the supers owe THEM their votes. bravenak Mar 2016 #2
Neither do I owe MY vote Mike__M Mar 2016 #119
I somehow don't see that :( DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #139
I'm a dreamer... bravenak Mar 2016 #142
One could politely tell those elected officials who are superdelegates Liberty Belle Mar 2016 #3
The candidate with the most popular votes already has their support bravenak Mar 2016 #6
State By State... fella... So They Should respect The WILL As Expressed By Their Constituents OR... CorporatistNation Mar 2016 #89
Some of the super delegates are not currently serving so cant vote them out. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #103
But the election is not over yet. Liberty Belle Mar 2016 #175
I am perfectly fine with that. bravenak Mar 2016 #176
America utilizes representative democracy, not direct democracy. How do you not know this? CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #11
JFC... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #56
Yep. It's the media I have a problem with. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #61
It's dishonest for Sanders to decry the super-delegate system yet employ the man that designed it. CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #122
Where has Sanders decried the superdelegate system? ljm2002 Mar 2016 #124
Many, many of the superdelegates aren't elected officials... SidDithers Mar 2016 #126
That is not true. LiberalFighter Mar 2016 #164
I don't see DUers calling on Alan Grayson to switch his vote to Hillary. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #4
Of course not!!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #5
If she has the popular vote at the end of the primary unapatriciated Mar 2016 #14
An honest poster. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #17
Does your reply mean if unapatriciated Mar 2016 #113
If he won the popular vote i would say he should be the winner. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #117
thank you unapatriciated Mar 2016 #118
Yes, exactly. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #63
Right now superdelegates tend to keep their endorsements... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #65
You will when McDermott, Murray and Cantwell are pressured to see the error of their ways. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #90
Yeah, I'm waiting for that to happen... MoonRiver Mar 2016 #173
A super-delegate for Sanders from Nevada is on the record saying she won't vote as her state did. CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #7
Oh hell yeah bravenak Mar 2016 #8
Well Dr. Dean from Vermont has said the same thing... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #69
No. I believe the poster was referring to the Bernie-supporters' ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #91
Um, I'm one of those "Bernie-supporters"... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #98
Then, the hypocrite label does not apply to you ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #104
I think Sanders is a hypocrite. He was against super-delegates, until he needed them. CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #123
Link, please? ljm2002 Mar 2016 #125
Which is how superdelages work. Not how democracy works. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #9
It is the system bravenak Mar 2016 #10
It's the "system" than many of us want to rid ourselves of. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #16
Not enough of 'us' bravenak Mar 2016 #18
Yet. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #21
Screw the system...it doesn't work for regular people, just elites. Punkingal Mar 2016 #30
Rhetoric bravenak Mar 2016 #33
Truth. Punkingal Mar 2016 #35
The DNC can change their rules. Just not midway through a Primary Sheepshank Mar 2016 #107
I understand the rules can't be changed now. But they need to be after this election. Punkingal Mar 2016 #108
Democracy and the democratic rule of elections are a constitutional construct Sheepshank Mar 2016 #129
It can make it's own rules, sure. Punkingal Mar 2016 #131
You mean beedle Mar 2016 #166
Some rules are actually law...some are operational policy Sheepshank Mar 2016 #167
here beedle Mar 2016 #169
Washington Post? Never mind, is does state it was a "guideline" for Obama's POTUS bid..... Sheepshank Mar 2016 #170
Bernie only recently complained about it beedle Mar 2016 #171
The candidate who wins the popular vote unapatriciated Mar 2016 #12
Hillary won the popular vote against O if I remember correctly. bravenak Mar 2016 #13
Only if you count Michigan and Obama was not even on the ballot. unapatriciated Mar 2016 #29
Oh!! I remember why I considered it even now bravenak Mar 2016 #32
Results... Major Nikon Mar 2016 #57
Thank you bravenak Mar 2016 #64
What the hell???? sheshe2 Mar 2016 #137
I'm sayin! bravenak Mar 2016 #138
Ya know.... sheshe2 Mar 2016 #140
Might be the same person bravenak Mar 2016 #141
I just went to look. sheshe2 Mar 2016 #143
Found it. sheshe2 Mar 2016 #144
Ok. Hmmm. Mmmm hmmmm. bravenak Mar 2016 #145
Again Bravenak - for transparency - in this case it looks like the alerter is being alerted seaglass Mar 2016 #58
Just getting obvious at this point. I can see what's going on. bravenak Mar 2016 #62
At least it was 0-7. Incremental improvements..... SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #68
Yep! bravenak Mar 2016 #72
The candidate who wins the most pledged delegates will be the nominee... SidDithers Mar 2016 #133
If superdelegates don't follow the way the people vote, it's time to chuck the superdelegate shraby Mar 2016 #15
They own their votes bravenak Mar 2016 #20
Really? The party has done itself harm for many, many years. Punkingal Mar 2016 #34
The party is doing better than at many other times when we picked ideoligical purity bravenak Mar 2016 #36
Are you serious? The party is doing awful. Punkingal Mar 2016 #46
What did we have after we lost so badly to Nixon and Reagan? bravenak Mar 2016 #51
Naive. Punkingal Mar 2016 #60
What did we have? The House, Senate, and majority of Governors and States Legislatures. ieoeja Mar 2016 #168
If the Democratic Party is so damaged, why did Sanders choose to hitch his horse to this wagon? George II Mar 2016 #162
2/3rd of the Registered Democrats in the "Party" Are Voting for Clinton Stallion Mar 2016 #99
Not really. Only 20 Democratic Superdelegates are 'distinguished leaders' such as former Presidents Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #39
Good post... TeeYiYi Mar 2016 #67
So, as noted above ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #38
Their votes are not owed to us, bunnies Mar 2016 #19
Me too bravenak Mar 2016 #28
they vote at the will of the party beedle Mar 2016 #172
Lee Fang @ The Intercept: Lobbyist Superdelegates Tip Nomination in Clinton's Favor. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #22
I have no idea what that has to do with this bravenak Mar 2016 #24
The point: Many superdelegates are lobbyists, not elected pols. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #59
I really don't think that politicians have our best interests in mind either most times bravenak Mar 2016 #66
Right. Follow the money if you want to know who the super-constituents are. rachacha Mar 2016 #79
Many of them are elected office-holders. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #23
Maybe. bravenak Mar 2016 #25
Incumbents have such an advantage I suspect they are not concerned at all hack89 Mar 2016 #26
75% of caucus goers yesterday called for a 'revolution'. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #27
But caucus goers as a percentage of GE election voters is tiny hack89 Mar 2016 #37
Sanders is the incumbent in this primary...you think he has the advantage? n/t Henhouse Mar 2016 #75
No such thing. hack89 Mar 2016 #97
Of course they don't, they are free to be the first politicians in history to risk their own asses Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #31
Isn't that, exactly, what DU:Bernie is asking of the Super-delegates? ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #41
Not sure what you are attempting to say, but I think the superdelegates should vote for the Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #55
They have a right to vote for whomever they want radical noodle Mar 2016 #40
It seems that there are many double standards bravenak Mar 2016 #42
+10000 radical noodle Mar 2016 #47
Thanks for promoting oligarghy instead of Democracy. libtodeath Mar 2016 #43
. bravenak Mar 2016 #44
Too bad you dont even like Hillary so snooze on. libtodeath Mar 2016 #49
Caucused for her bravenak Mar 2016 #50
Big deal. libtodeath Mar 2016 #52
. bravenak Mar 2016 #54
I'm SOOOO stealing that! 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #70
Ha! My favorite bravenak Mar 2016 #71
That's what bothers me about superdelegates. Vinca Mar 2016 #45
We are a representative democracy bravenak Mar 2016 #48
But that is precisely the problem. Vinca Mar 2016 #120
Interesting that you support the idea... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #53
Have you called on Alan Grayson and the Nevada Super-delegate ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #80
As I have said elsewhere... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #94
Oh ... Okay. I must have miss re-read your post(s). 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #100
Praise the glorious revolutionary DNC for ignoring stupid wrong voters... /s JPnoodleman Mar 2016 #73
. bravenak Mar 2016 #74
Party can ignore sanders voters as they wish, they aren't entitled to our votes. JPnoodleman Mar 2016 #76
I think people need to learn how this works. bravenak Mar 2016 #82
How what works? Does the DNC or Hillary have some sacred divine right? JPnoodleman Mar 2016 #86
I do not care what most people here think bravenak Mar 2016 #87
Who made you the ultimate authority on these things? Punkingal Mar 2016 #102
What has my thinking things have to do with being the 'authority'? bravenak Mar 2016 #105
They don't have to listen to anybody, but constituents of a given state or district ... ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #77
They can try bravenak Mar 2016 #78
DU does not have to listen to Bravenak. PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #81
That is nowhere in the rules bravenak Mar 2016 #83
The will of the people and the best interests of the people are not always easy to define mythology Mar 2016 #163
Is this attitude what brought you to Clinton, or the reverse? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #84
Very personal bravenak Mar 2016 #88
I'm genuinely curious. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #92
No. I just see how messy the whole thing is now. bravenak Mar 2016 #95
Democracy is supposed to be messy. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #96
No they don't have to listen. I'm sure if they don't the voters will be happy to remind them. Autumn Mar 2016 #85
Bet most of Hillary's have been paid in some way Politicalboi Mar 2016 #93
Weird how some people still think the USA is a democracy. mhatrw Mar 2016 #101
I've tried to explain this over and over Sheepshank Mar 2016 #106
Thank you!!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #110
Reince Priebus approves of this thread AZ Progressive Mar 2016 #109
Yeah no shit lol strategery blunder Mar 2016 #157
Super delegates no different from elected delegates MFM008 Mar 2016 #111
I can imagine it bravenak Mar 2016 #112
Is only you were born as Rubert Murdoch...n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #114
I am too cute bravenak Mar 2016 #116
Very cute... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #136
Because, if they thwart the will of the voters, Democracy fails. NorthCarolina Mar 2016 #115
How democratic! AzDar Mar 2016 #121
The vote should not be theirs! It should ONLY the peoples vote! bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #127
We need to do away with Superdelegates. liberalmuse Mar 2016 #128
Here's my take on the superdelegates. As you rightly point out, they ARE the establishment.... George II Mar 2016 #130
I agree with that. bravenak Mar 2016 #132
It will only make matters worse with respect to superdelegates supporting him. Frankly.... George II Mar 2016 #134
It does help her out alot bravenak Mar 2016 #135
Half of superdelegates are white males. jfern Mar 2016 #146
I did not do that. AMERICA did. Thank the nation for creating that by not allowing the rest of us to bravenak Mar 2016 #147
But you are defending superdelegates, which are half white males jfern Mar 2016 #148
I'm interested in affirmative action bravenak Mar 2016 #151
So there aren't enough white males in the Democratic party so, they needed half the superdelegates? jfern Mar 2016 #154
Unintelligible bravenak Mar 2016 #156
That's how Republicans win elections AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #149
We the other people like them bravenak Mar 2016 #150
Divide and fail AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #152
I'm waiting until after June 7th before I start contacting local elected superdelegates strategery blunder Mar 2016 #153
That is a good idea. bravenak Mar 2016 #155
2383 is majority of pledged+supers strategery blunder Mar 2016 #158
I am doing it this way because the contest is officially over at that point bravenak Mar 2016 #160
Super Dels want the nominee who is going to be the best candidate in the GE and the best Cha Mar 2016 #159
Yep. They usually form relationships bravenak Mar 2016 #161
Sanders will not be successful in appealing to super delegates Gothmog Mar 2016 #165
I agree bravenak Mar 2016 #174
Super delegates are elites and party power brokers. The vast majority are the 1 percent... CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #177
This is where we have been for a long time bravenak Mar 2016 #178
Yes, and maybe this election will help us screw our heads on straight. CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #179
Thus the "super" Dem2 Mar 2016 #180
K&R! nt R B Garr Apr 2016 #181
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