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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPledged Delegates Up For Grabs, Clinton Says
a relevant blast from the past
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/26/clinton.delegates/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For the second time in three days, Sen. Hillary Clinton told reporters that the pledged delegates awarded based on vote totals in their state are not bound to abide by election results.
Sen. Hillary Clinton lags behind Sen. Barack Obama in the popular vote and in pledged delegates.
It's an idea that has been floated by her or a campaign surrogate nearly half a dozen times this month.
Sen. Barack Obama leads Clinton among all Democratic delegates, 1,622 to 1,485, in the latest CNN count. Among pledged delegates, Obama leads Clinton 1,413 to 1,242.
"Every delegate with very few exceptions is free to make up his or her mind however they choose," Clinton told Time's Mark Halperin in an interview published Wednesday. "We talk a lot about so-called pledged delegates, but every delegate is expected to exercise independent judgment," she said.
Clinton's remarks echoed her Monday comments to the editorial board of the Philadelphia Daily News.
"And also remember that pledged delegates in most states are not pledged," she said Monday. "You know there is no requirement that anybody vote for anybody. They're just like superdelegates." Clinton also made similar comments in a Newsweek interview published two weeks ago.
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Pledged Delegates Up For Grabs, Clinton Says (Original Post)
grasswire
Jun 2016
OP
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)1. Yep. All this means is Hillary is the 2016 DEM presidential nominee
grasswire
(50,130 posts)4. and more hypocritical than ... ... ...
can't think of a comparison.
She's the MOST hypocritical.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)6. In 2008, we just gave HRC some side eye and kept it moving
Those just things peeps say when they're losing. You can understand the loser part right?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)12. Chortle! :-P
jeepers
(314 posts)5. I would differ
I think it means that delegates earned in early victories who may not have heard Bernies message or may have voted before these scandals broke have the right to change their votes at the convention. Hillary has the right to prove to the delegates that only she can beat the republican and the delegate has every right to vote their conviction.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)8. That's not part of the DEM
presidential nominating process. She only has to prove she has the largest number of DELEGATES
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)13. Not according to the DNC.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)2. Damn, I thought she was conceding.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)3. Conceded and Conceited are not the same thing. nt
Skink
(10,122 posts)9. The concept of one person one vote fades from view
reformist2
(9,841 posts)10. I hope Hillary purges any delegates that she fears may betray her!!!
Regular purging is a sign of a very healthy organization!
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)11. She was right. They weren't going to switch, but she was right.
They won't switch this year either, but they could.
amborin
(16,631 posts)14. K&R