I was there: Sanders likely flips 2 delegates & Still Likely to Lose in Nevada (Backstory)

[Stand and Fight]

As I said in my original thread, Jon Ralston (his Twitter feed if you're interested) is the biggest political reporter here in my hometown of Las Vegas. He's one of those rare reporters who tends to keep it fairly middle of the road and non-partisan. Before you dive into the juicy part, here's a bit of backstory about what went down before the convention even got started:

Bernie vs. Hillary boils over in Nevada before Clark convention

The Hillary Clinton campaign has sent a letter to Clark County Democratic Party officials demanding the removal of the credentials chairman for Saturday's convention that will choose delegates to the state convention next month who could go to Philadelphia this summer.

The board met last night and the situation boiled over with the credentials chief, longtime activist Christine Kramar, refusing to leave the room. Here's part of what happened, another reminder that these things are run by volunteers and can be, ahem, messy Kramar had not been removed as of Saturday morning, and a meeting was scheduled between Sanders and Clinton reps to try to resolve the issue.

Kramar is accused of releasing confidential Clinton information to the Bernie Sanders campaign, as you can see from the letter (below), written by nationally known election lawyer Marc Elias.

The convention, which mirrors county events across Nevada on Saturday, is designed to choose slots for delegates. Clinton won the pledged delegate battle at the Feb. 20 caucus, 20-15. (Eight more delegates to the national convention in Philadelphia come from elected leaders and others.)

MORE HERE

[Cha]

1. Thank you for this back story, SaF~ I hope Kramer gets held accountable for this..

I write as general counsel to Hillary for America to request the immediate removal of Christine Kramar as Credentials Chair of the Clark County Democratic Convention to take place this Saturday, April 2. Throughout Hillary for America’s attempts to engage with Ms. Kramar regarding the credentialing of convention delegates and other matters, Ms. Kramar has publicly engaged in a series of egregious, disruptive and biased behavior that irreparably undermines her credibility to administer a fair and successful convention on Saturday.

First, in an email sent today, March 30, Ms. Kramar exposed confidential Hillary for America (“HFA”) campaign information and data by unilaterally adding a representative of Senator Sanders’ campaign into a chain of email correspondence between HFA, the Clark County Democratic Party and the Nevada State Democratic Party. As you know, the confidentiality and propriety of data is paramount to any campaign. Ms. Kramar’s carelessness – or worse – in exposing HFA’s data is plainly unacceptable and must not be tolerated.

[Stand and Fight]

2. Me too... She's clearly partisan.

[Cha]

3. Not only that.. she's shifty and underhanded.

[72DejaVu]

4. Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot?

And Hillary packed the room and flipped Bernie spots? The Bernistas would be screaming bloody murder.


Biggest hypocrites I've seen in over 40 years in politics.

[rock]

5. None bigger