Reply #51: Yesterday there was a dust up over this story [View All]

[lapfog_1]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/02/19/clinton_plans_to_target_obamas_pledged_delegates.html

Some other DUers went researching things in the DNC rules... and, yup, after 1980 the rules where changed so that even PLEDGED delegates are not absolutely required to vote for their candidate on the FIRST ballot. This was done after the famous Ted Kennedy convention challenge to Jimmy Carter, Carter relied on the previous rule which stated that for the first ballot, pledged delegate must vote for their candidate... Carter won the nomination on the first ballot. After that, the rule was changed to allow pledged delegates to vote differently than who they are pledged to, even on the first ballot.

Hillary has denied that she is seeking pledged delegates to "flip" to her from Obama, but the story is still circulating. I hope that it's not true and in yesterday's posts about it, said that it was still just a rumor because it was single sourced and the sources were not "on record".