azcentral.com — Sen. Barack Obama picked up another superdelegate today at the Arizona Democratic Party's state convention...Charlene Fernandez, chairwoman of the Yuma Democratic Party, was chosen the state party's first vice chairwoman, a position that carries with it superdelegate status.
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kyanApr 28, 2008
He is? Link?
Closed AccountApr 28, 2008
No. You don't get to decide whether or not you're going to pay for the police, the fire department, the roads, the military, your retirement and hopefully soon your medical coverage.
zaiusApr 28, 2008
the election is in November, ass.
akatsukiApr 28, 2008
They had a valid reason for a specific instance of hijacking of the party by radical interests. Just not a campaign where both people are in the Democratic fold...Dean has hinted at changing the system which would be good - they need to weigh the system more for general electability by discounting solidly Dem states where the candidate doesn't matter and weigh swing states much heavier to determine electability with also an eye towards electoral college proportions (e.g. if the state is proportional federally, then that is how Dem delegates should go). Superdelegates should vote based on how it advances the Democratic agenda in their region. (I know these factors are strong Obama points, but this is for after this nomination process anyway).Basically the system should be set up to create a stronger party every election cycle and to make strong advances.
bond1963Apr 28, 2008
I wouldn't count on that as a rule. Remember there are many supers that have already committed for Billary even though Obama won in their area/state. And there are supers that haven't commited even though the people in their area have voted a long time ago. Why is that? Because they don't feel like they have to vote in line with the popular vote.I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying they won't rubber stamp the popular vote. I'm just saying that it would be a mistake to assume anything at this point.
fordiApr 28, 2008
Yeah. Far right.
fordiApr 28, 2008
For once, I agree with you. Without the carrot of superdelegates, Hillary would be out by now.
Closed AccountApr 29, 2008
As Sen. Hillary Clinton has ?managed? to take the Pennsylvania state, the Democratic race for nomination is very much alive ? and most likely to be decided by superdelegates. Indiana ,Idaho and West Virginia are still to come.If you?re tired of waiting around for those super delegates to make a decision already, go to LobbyDelegates.com and push them to support Clinton or ObamaIf you haven't done so yet, please write a message to each of your state's superdelegates at <a class="user" href="http://www.lobbydelegates.com">http://www.lobbydelegates.com</a>It takes a moment, but what's a few minutes now worth to get Obama in office?! Sending a note to current Obama supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Clinton supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Obama, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Obama. It's that easy...Clinton Supporters too ?. !It takes a moment, but what's a few minutes now worth to get Clinton in office?! Sending a note to current Clinton supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Obama supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Clinton, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Clinton. It's that easy...REALLY easy to identify the superdelegates and reach out to them! It includes a list of names, addresses, and affiliations of superdelegates from each state including your state