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Related: About this forumClinton backers scold Pelosi on superdelegate comment (2008)
Next time you hear somebody upset about Bernie and superdelegates....
CNN: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/27/clinton-backers-scold-pelosi-on-superdelegate-comment/
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Nearly 20 high-profile Hillary Clinton backers strongly criticized Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday over her recent suggestion that Democratic party superdelegates should not overturn the pledged delegate outcome at the party's convention this August.
In a letter to the House Speaker dated Wednesday, the backers said that position is at odds with the party's original intent on what the role of superdelegates should be. (Read full letter [PDF])
"Superdelegates, like all delegates, have an obligation to make an informed, individual decision about whom to support and who would be the partys strongest nominee," the backers wrote.
"Both campaigns agree that at the end of the primary contests neither will have enough pledged delegates to secure the nomination," they also said. "In that situation, super-delegates must look to not one criterion but to the full panoply of factors that will help them assess who will be the partys strongest nominee in the general election."
FULL story at link.
Clinton backers are taking aim at Pelosi for saying superdelegates should not overturn the pledged-delegate outcome. (Getty Images)
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Clinton backers scold Pelosi on superdelegate comment (2008) (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
May 2016
OP
"Both campaigns agree that at the end of the primary contests neither will have enough pledged
Dont call me Shirley
May 2016
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thereismore
(13,326 posts)1. Pelosi sounds like a real Democrat, so off she goes, under the bus. nt
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)2. For once Pelosi is 100% correct!
This is about who can win the general election, not who is the most popular, who is female, or whose "turn it is."
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)3. Well I'll be darned.
I should probably add shucks. I guess anything reasonable shocks me these days.
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)4. unfortunately this is from 2008
You think she would say that today? She should!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)5. "Both campaigns agree that at the end of the primary contests neither will have enough pledged
delegates to secure the nomination,"
The Hil backers admit that what the media and Hil keep saying is not true! This campaign isn't over, it's not all sewn up and delivered for the queen.
Keep voting the Bern!
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)6. K&R for revealing the hypocrisy. nt