Race for Superdelegates: Can people-power beat a Billion dollar campaign finance behemoth?

[insta8er]

Pragmatism

Back in February 2008, the NY Times looked at data from the Center for Responsive Politics and found that Obama had contributed over $700,000 between 2005 and 2008 to the campaigns of super-delegates. Hillary Clinton contributed over $850,000 to super-delegates between 2002 and 2008. So they ran an editorial titled Superdelegates for sale:

While it might be untoward to suggest that campaign contributions over several years were calibrated to purchase superdelegates’ favor at the 2008 convention, there is a remarkable correlation between the money and the endorsements. The Center found that 82 percent of elected officials who had endorsed by Februrary 25th supported the candidate who had given them more money.



[link:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/10/1482805/-Race-for-Superdelegates-Can-people-power-beat-a-Billion-dollar-campaign-finance-behemoth|

[pdsimdars]

1. Ah, and the blanks are filled in . . . . that's business as usual . . . .

.they're bought and paid for.

[casperthegm]

4. Politicians are like kids

They'll do as much as they are allowed to get away with. It's up to the people to inform themselves and keep the politicians in check. Right now I'd say the Democratic voters are doing a poor job at that. One person's opinion...

[Myrina]

2. If people-power can't win, it shows that the 'dream' of the US has failed.

"Of the people, by the people and for the people" certainly does not exist (if it ever truly did).

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. HRC is +2.6 million in the popular vote.

[insta8er]

5. You forgot to mention the delegate count....Hillary a gazzilion and Bernie a couple..

Their your talking points updated. Oh...yeah forgot....you guys are also very good with math.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. "There" not "Their" ...

We'received also good with spelling/word usage.

But that said, +2.6 million is significant "people-power.