Clinton reliance on super delegates questioned by Schumer, Rangel

[babylonsister]

Clinton reliance on super delegates questioned
N.Y. congressman says action may not reflect will of voters
by Newsday


MILWAUKEE - Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., one of Hillary Clinton's most stalwart black defenders, is apparently questioning her reliance on unelected super delegates to stay competitive with Barack Obama, saying they may not reflect the "will" of Democratic voters.

"It's the people (who are) going to govern who selects our next candidate and not super delegates," Rangel said Sunday night at a dinner for the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators conference in Albany, N.Y.

"The people's will is what's going to prevail at the convention and not people who decide what the people's will is," he added.

Super delegates, who are usually high-ranking party officials, are free to choose any candidate, unlike "pledged" delegates apportioned by primaries and caucuses. Obama's approximately 40-delegate lead overall would be much larger were it not for Clinton's 75-delegate edge among the supers.

Earlier Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., another major Clinton supporter, expressed his discomfort with her willingness to battle Obama for delegates on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. New York's senior senator, speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," called on Clinton and Obama to agree on a winner after the final caucus in Puerto Rico, saying a protracted fight will rip apart the party in a year when they're favored to win the White House.

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[DJ13]

1. UH OH.....theres cracks in Hillary's base of support

Those two honored Congressmen do not say that kind of stuff lightly.

Sounds like they're having second thoughts about Hillary's electability.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I rarely agree with that turd Schumer about anything but...

"called on Clinton and Obama to agree on a winner after the final caucus in Puerto Rico" - absolutely. The loser in elected delegate count at that point should graciously concede.

[aquart]

3. They're telling her it won't work. It won't.

We're stuck with Obama. And God have mercy on our idiot souls.