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Reply #31: About 1% of the public had even heard of the word "superdelegate" at that point. [View All]

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MindMatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 03:44 PM
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31. About 1% of the public had even heard of the word "superdelegate" at that point.
I wasn't fine with it. I didn't have an opinion at all about it. But once I found out that the elections alone would not decide it, then no, I am not alt all find with party bosses lining up behind a candidate before the first state has cast a vote.

Now we are at the end of the process. There are a few states left to vote, but there is no realistic scenario where Clinton will come out with more pledged delegates, so there is no longer any good reason for the Superdelegates to stand on the sideline.

And if it is too much for them to say "I am supporting Obama", they can simply say, "I will cast my vote for the candidate who ends up with the most pledged delegates won under the rules everybody agreed to." That would take care of it right there.
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