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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
Mon May 30, 2016, 05:49 AM May 2016

The 'pledged' delegates are in fact allowed to change their minds, and change their votes...

If Hillary is indicted, or if it looks like she should be indicted, all it would take is a few dozen vote switches to shift the balance, save the party a major embarrassment, and save it from total disaster in the fall. Out of 4,000 total delegates, it is quite possible this could happen.

And if Hillary's surrogates were to go on the warpath, the delegates can always say in their defense, is that under the Democratic Convention rules, "it was allowed"...

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Tavarious Jackson

(1,595 posts)
6. The refusal to honor the will of the voters
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:13 AM
May 2016

stinks of entitlement. Very undemocratic but inline how I imagined a Sanders administration would be. FORCE not votes. Scary! I'm so glad Hillary won.

Response to Tavarious Jackson (Reply #6)

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
12. Tevaleris, remember when you voted on
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:37 AM
May 2016

the incorporation of superdelegates into the process?

Me neither.

Oh, sorry. I meant "Tobelious." My apologies.


Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. Which is not to say they would change it to Sanders
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:03 AM
May 2016

Personally I'd support a push to draft just about any dark horse at the convention...

Response to B Calm (Reply #4)

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
13. I think couple of the reasons why Obama hasn't endorsed her is,
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:40 AM
May 2016

she has no strategy to beating Trump and he's waiting to see if the justice department indicts her. Oh god, we deserve a better candidate than Hillary. I'm sick and tired of defending the Clinton's. I just want them to disappear somewhere in north woods of the state of New York.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
11. Democratic nominee has ballot access in every state
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:32 AM
May 2016

Whoever it is. Remember parties, not candidates, get ballot access.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
7. if something would happen...sanders still would not be the nominee
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:19 AM
May 2016

most likely Biden

democrats will not go down against trump with Joe....sanders? Its a win for trump as sanders is painted for what he is and middle america will not vote for a socialist...pacifist

barrow-wight

(744 posts)
5. So first the Bernie supporters complain that supers aren't democratic
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:12 AM
May 2016

But now they want the pledged delegates to switch. Unbelievable.

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
15. That shouldn't need to be said,
Mon May 30, 2016, 06:43 AM
May 2016

but given all the panicky, prophylactic, "She's the nominee!" around here, apparently it needs to.

Thanks for a necessary reminder to all the deniers, ignorant and artful alike.

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