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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: New York Times: Superdelegates open to brokered convention to block Sanders from nomination [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)26. Bad headline. It will happen, or not, regardless of whether the SDs are "open" to it or not.
Amd sure enough, the actual New York Times article says nothing of the sort. That headline text was added by CNN. Actual NYT headline is, "Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders."
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New York Times: Superdelegates open to brokered convention to block Sanders from nomination [View all]
OliverQ
Feb 2020
OP
and this just gives more fire to bernie saying the establishment is against him n/t
BlueTillIDie
Feb 2020
#8
Much as "This message was self-deleted by its author" offers plausible deniability
LanternWaste
Feb 2020
#10
If the delegates choose Sanders, that is supposed to happen also. I don't agree
bluedye33139
Feb 2020
#7
They booed a candidate at the convention who sewed up the required delegates weeks
Squinch
Feb 2020
#19
well, technically, Clinton, whilst very close, did not have enough pledged delegates to win
Celerity
Feb 2020
#20
But what shouldn't be forgotten, it was the mere existence and the number of the super delegates
Hav
Feb 2020
#25
re:"it was the mere existence and number SDs that prevented Clinton from winning without them"
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#27
under the new rules there would have been a 2nd ballot, as the super delegates cannot vote on the
Celerity
Feb 2020
#34
It would have been better to post the actual NY Times article instead of a critique of the article.
George II
Feb 2020
#4
Yeah, the headline is just false. But posting the CNN version at least had the virtue that...
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#28
Threats aren't generally a good way to convince people of much of anything.
TwilightZone
Feb 2020
#5
Had Bloomberg not entered, there would be one clear Progressive and one clear moderate, with the
Skya Rhen
Feb 2020
#11
Oliver, you haven't answered my question. See the first post. I have never hesitated
Squinch
Feb 2020
#13
So, though we would all vote for BS, BS supporters would not vote for anyone but their preferred
Squinch
Feb 2020
#23
Well it sounds like you're warning people to get out of the party while the getting's good.
ehrnst
Feb 2020
#17
Bad headline. It will happen, or not, regardless of whether the SDs are "open" to it or not.
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#26
It's "blue no matter who" and superdelegates are in the rules Sanders accepted.
gulliver
Feb 2020
#44