Media calling Bernie for superdelegate double standard

[TMontoya]

Not surprised. Its only OK when Bernie does it I guess.

For months, Democratic National Committee member Billi Gosh has received letters, emails and phone calls urging her to switch her vote at the Democratic National Convention from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders.

Gosh is one of 10 Democratic superdelegates from Vermont, Sanders’ home state, where 86 percent of voters chose him in the Democratic primary in March. Superdelegates — party and elected officials who make up about 15 percent of all Democratic delegates — can vote for whichever candidate they want, unlike pledged delegates, who are divvied up based on how each state’s Democrats voted.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanders-campaign-tries-to-have-1404877438296118.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. The relationships between Sanders and current SD should have begun

Years ago, he has not been a team player and doubtful he can learn to be a team player at this time. I feel sure there will be targeting of SD's by the Sanders campaign because this is who the campaign team are.

[Cha]

3. Excellent points, Thinking.. Thank you. BS.. too little too late. You don't get to come in

and swoop down and snatch Super Dels who want Hillary to be President.. she's earned their respect.

[Cha]

2. I'm so glad they're calling out his shite on the Super Dels.. BS tries to have it both ways on a

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lot of important issues.





http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/31/early-bird-chat-710/

This is where they blew it.. getting greedy.

But recently, beginning after Sanders’ landslide victories in Alaska and Washington at the end of last month, the Sanders campaign has begun singing a different tune. Even as Bernie’s supporters continue to inundate superdelegates with their anti-elitist arguments, Sanders and his top campaign officials are now arguing that superdelegates should back Bernie even in states where he didn’t win — and even if he doesn’t win a majority of the popular votes cast. The campaign also has tried to poach some Clinton-backing superdelegates.

Stuart Appelbaum, a superdelegate in New York who backs Clinton, said he believes the focus on superdelegates is a distraction from the tough math Sanders faces in the final months of the primary. He would have to gain at least 60 percent of the vote in New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania to overtake Clinton’s pledged delegate lead.

“I really look at the discussion of superdelegates now as just really being an attempt to provide a rationale for why a candidate should stay in the race when it appears that it’s going to be mathematically impossible for them to become the nominee,” he said. “I don’t know a single superdelegate who has said they’re going to switch. I don’t expect that anyone will.”

HaHa, berni.. you can whine till the ******* cows come home.

Love this, TMontoya.. Thank you!

[CalvinballPro]

4. It's about time! nt