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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:59 AM Original message |
Hold the phone!! The Tyranny of Super-Delegates |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Super Delegates aren't locked in. They can change with the political winds |
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arewenotdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Even the ones who have already committed? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes even those. Up until the convention they can change their side |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. WTF??? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'd also love to watch her try to claim a victory after losing most of the delegates given by the |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. There will be an uproar if the Super-Delegates |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like the super-delegate system is functioning well as it was intended |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The superdelegates will start moving to Obama soon |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, she's not going to win NH by a long shot, so I hope you're right. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Of course I'm right |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Wow, thats a real (d)emocratic position n/t |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Super-delegates have nothing to do with democracy |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. And that organization would be? n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. If Hillary loses but tries to hang onto them, prepare for torches and pitchforks. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. or a third party entry. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. Popular vote has never won anyone the White House. nm |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. k for dupe. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. They're 1/6th of the vote total, and they have never gone against the popular vote. |
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