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2016 Postmortem

comradebillyboy

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18. The senators, governors and representatives are also

Reply to Stuckinthebush (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2015, 06:45 PM

Dec 2015

convention super delegates. Hillary has more than 440 super delegate endorsements. Bernie has 2. 2250 delegate votes are needed to win the nomination. Granted super delegates can change their minds but Hillary and Bill have campaigned for many of the elected Democrats while Bernie has not supported Democratic candidates in the past. It seems that having friends is a better strategy than being the lone ranger in politics.

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The Endorsement Primary [View all] Stuckinthebush Dec 2015 OP

Those numbers tell us the Democratic Party is United for Hillary. Alfresco Dec 2015 #1

I'm more amused that Trump has none. Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #2

Very amusing Stuckinthebush Dec 2015 #3

There is that and it's dangerous in its own way. "Beholden to noone" Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #7

But he did get the endorsement of putin ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #11

Sadly Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #12

The party and its base are extremely unified. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #4

So Old Codger Dec 2015 #5

It's a good thing that congress is held in such high esteem by the voters. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #6

The flip side Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #8

Then why are the endorsements held up as benchmarks? Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #9

Because those who endorse typically stump for the candidates Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #10

So, it's about commercials? Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #13

At lot of people use it as a data point in their own figuring of things Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #14

IOW commercials. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #15

If that's all you're going to take away from it, fine Blue_Adept Dec 2015 #16

I view it as an indicator of how corrupt our political system is. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #17

The senators, governors and representatives are also comradebillyboy Dec 2015 #18

That is usually true. But if you have not noticed there is a jwirr Dec 2015 #19

Not disagreeing about anger toward congress Stuckinthebush Dec 2015 #20

Watch and see. If you are only looking at what the establishment jwirr Dec 2015 #21