Superdelegate Envy

[Divine Discontent]

What is with these 300 or so Superdelegates not saying who they're for - they've had DOZENS of debates to make up their minds, and I can only come to the conclusion that many of them are not saying who they're for yet, because they either want something like a promise of a role in an administration (disgusting), or they just love going to lunch with visitors to their office and talking about
how they're a superdelegate who hasn't decided yet, so they feel self-important and make others have Super-Envy.

Enough... pick who you're for so this damn thing can be ended. You are all hurting the party, and that damage increases the more they delay this. Why they haven't announced in the past couple weeks is inexcusable when it's clearly, without argument, hurting our party. (and how does William Jefferson get to keep his name on the SD list after the corruption scandal?)

Representatives
Bud Cramer (AL) Harry Mitchell (AZ) Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)Nancy Pelosi (CA)Jerry McNerney (CA)Pete Stark (CA)Mike Honda (CA)Sam Farr (CA)Jim Costa (CA)Lois Capps (CA)Howard Berman (CA)Henry Waxman (CA)Bob Filner (CA)Susan Davis (CA)Mark Udall (CO)John Salazar (CO)Joe Courtney (CT)Allen Boyd (FL)Tim Mahoney (FL)Ron Klein (FL)Jim Marshall (GA)Mazie Hirono (HI)Rahm Emanuel (IL)Peter Visclosky (IN)Joe Donnelly (IN)Brad Ellsworth (IN)Baron Hill (IN)Rep. Bruce Braley (IA)Nancy Boyda (KS)Dennis Moore (KS)Ben Chandler (KY)William Jefferson (LA)Charlie Melancon (LA)Tom Allen (ME)Rep. Michael Michaud (ME)John Sarbanes (MD)Steny Hoyer (MD)Chris Van Hollen (MD)John Olver (MA)Niki Tsongas (MA)John Tierney (MA)Edward Markey (MA)Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI)Rep. Bart Stupak (MI)Collin Peterson (MN)Gene Taylor (MS)Ike Skelton (MO)Rep. Rush Holt (NJ)Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC)Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)Rep. Brad Miller (NC)Rep. Heath Shuler (NC)Rep. Tom Udall (NM)Charlie Wilson (OH)Marcia Kaptur (OH)Rep. Zack Space (OH)Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH)Rep. Dan Boren (OK)Peter DeFazio (OR)Bob Brady (PA)Jason Altmire (PA)Chris Carney (PA)Tim Holden (PA)Rep. Mike Doyle (PA)John Spratt (SC)Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC)Lincoln Davis (TN)Bart Gordon (TN)Nick Lampson (TX)Ciro Rodriguez (TX)Jim Matheson (UT)Rick Larsen (WA)Jim McDermott (WA)Alan Mollohan (WV)Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)

Presidents & VPs
Jimmy Carter (GA)
Al Gore (TN)
Senators
Ken Salazar (CO)
Joe Biden (DE)
Tom Carper (DE)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Carl Levin (MI)
Max Baucus (MT)
Jon Tester (MT)
Harry Reid (NV)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Jack Reed (RI)
Jim Webb (VA)
Robert Byrd (WV)
Herb Kohl (WI)
Fmr. Senator George Mitchell (NY)

Governors
Bill Ritter (CO)
Steve Beshear (KY)
Brian Schweitzer (MT)
John Lynch (NH)
Mike Easley (NC)
Phil Bredeson (TN)
Joe Manchin (WV)

Add-Ons
Terry Goddard (AZ)#
Alex Sink (FL)#
Steve Geller (FL)#
Dan Gelber (FL)#
Jay Nixon (MO)#
Laurie Weahkee (NM)#
Vicky Harwell (TN)#
Jerry Lee (TN)#
64 Unnamed Add-Ons,
including 2 from Michigan


DNC Members
Joe Turnham (AL)Nancy Worley (AL)Blake Johnson (AK)Cindy Spanyers (AK)Don Bivens (AZ)Lottie Shackleford (AR)Art Torres (CA)Edward Espinoza (CA)Inola Henry (CA)Hon. Carole Migden (CA)Bob Mulholland (CA)Christine Pelosi (CA)Robert Rankin (CA)Keith Umemoto (CA)
Steve Ybarra (CA)John Perez (CA)Vernon Watkins (CA)Crystal Strait (CA)Pat Waak (CO)Roy Romer (CO)Nancy DiNardo (CT)John Olsen (CT)
Christine Marques (DA)*Theresa Morelli (DA)*Anita Bonds (DC)Donna Brazile (DC)Larry Cohen (DC)Christine Warnke (DC)John Daniello (DE)
Harriet Smith-Windsor (DE)Karen Thurman (FL)Rudolph Parker (FL)Terrie Brady (FL)Mitchell Ceasar (FL)Glasser (FL)Janee Murphy (FL)
Jon Ausman (FL)Andrew Tobias (FL)Richard Ray (GA)Charfauros (GU)Cecilia Mafnas (GU)Hon. Robert Underwood (GU)Chair - Vacant (HI)
Vice-Chair - Vacant (HI)Dr. Marie Dolly Strazar (HI)Keith Roark (ID)Smith (IL)Vacant (IL)Scott Brennan (IA)Richard Machacek (IA)
Larry Gates (KS)Helen Knetzer (KS)Jennifer Moore (KY)Nathan Smith (KY)Chris Whittington (LA)Claude "Buddy" Leach (LA)Elsie Burkhalter (LA)Sam Spencer (ME)Jennifer DeChant (ME)Michael Cryor (MD)Lauren Glover (MD)Hon. Heather Mizeur (MD)Hon. Gregory Pecoraro (MD)
Susan Turnbull (MD)John Sweeney (MD)Belkis Leong-Hong (MD)Gage (MD)Debra Kozikowski (MA)Paul Kirk (MA)James Roosevelt Jr (MA)Arthenia Abbott (MI)Elizabeth Bunn (MI)Debbie Dingell (MI)Hon. Robert Ficano (MI)Joyce Lalonde (MI)Jeffrey Radjewski (MI)Michael Tardiff (MI)
Richard Wiener (MI)Mark Brewer (MI)Lu Battaglieri (MI)Hon. Kwame Kilpatrick (MI)Mayor Brenda Lawrence (MI)Eric Coleman (MI)Virgie Rollins (MI)Lauren Wolfe (MI)Richard Shoemaker (MI)Wayne Dowdy (MS)Carnelia Pettis Fondren (MS)John Temporiti (MO)Yolanda Wheat (MO)
Leila Medley (MO)Hon. Robin Carnahan (MO)Hon. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (MO)Dennis McDonald (MT)Margarett Campbell (MT)Sam Lieberman (NV)
Hon. Yvonne Gates (NV)Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)Philip D. Murphy (NJ)Raymond Buckley (NH)Brian Colon (NM)Hon. Herman Farrell Jr. (NY)Irene Stein (NY)Ralph Dawson (NY)Jerry Meek (NC)Dr. Jeanette Council (NC)David Parker (NC)Muriel Offerman (NC)Carol Peterson (NC)David Strauss (ND)Hon. Chris Redfern (OH)Ronald Malone (OH)Patricia Moss (OH)Hon. Joyce Beatty (OH)Ivan Holmes (OK)Jim Frasier (OK)Kalyn Free (OK)Jay Parmley (OK)Mike Morgan (OK)Meredith Woods-Smith (OR)Frank Dixon (OR)Jenny Greenleaf (OR)Wayne Kinney (OR)
Gail Rasmussen (OR)Hon. Bill Bradbury (OR)William George (PA)Luisette Cabana (PR)Eliseo Roques-Arroyo (PR)Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat (SC)
Hon. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (SC)Cheryl Chapman (SD)Gray Sasser (TN)Dr. Inez Crutchfield (TN)Boyd Richie (TX)Jaime Gonzalez Jr. (TX)
David Hardt (TXDenise Johnson (TX)John Patrick (TX)Betty Richie (TX)Linda Chavez -Thompson (TX)Robert Martinez (TX)Bob Strauss (TX)
Helen Langan (UT)Jim Leaman (VA)C Richard Cranwell (VA). Alexis Herman (VA)Joe Johnson (VA)Jerome Wiley Segovia (VA)Howard Dean (VT)
Dwight Pelz (WA)Eileen Macoll (WA)Ed Cote (WA)Sharon Mast (WA)David McDonald (WA)Nick Casey Jr. (WV)Alice Germond (WV)Lena Taylor (WI)Paula Zellner (WI)Awais Khaleel (WI)Nancy Drummond (WY)Cynthia Nunley (WY)Marylyn Stapleton (VI)Carol Burke (VI)

* Superdelegates from Democrats Abroad count as 1/2 of a vote.
# Add-on Superdelegates


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[book_worm]

1. Lot of DNC members who like the idea of a 50-state campaign

that Dean has pushed and Obama is supporting.

[Debi]

2. Here's a blog by an undecided superdelegate

http://www.mrsuper.org/

[Doityourself]

3. Take Mike Easley (NC) off your list..it was announced on CNN he endorsed Clinton.

[susankh4]

4. They want to be sure they are scratching the back of....

the winner!

That way they can curry more favor. If they thought they knew who the winner was... they'd jump on board. But... why hurry when they are being wooed by both sides and benefitting from it?

[TheDoorbellRang]

5. I've a feeling that the Obama camp's joint fundraising agreement

with the DNC might have greased a few reluctant wheels. Hate to say it, but I would guess some or most of these people want to know what's in it for them as opposed to who would be best for America. Color me cynical.

[Divine Discontent]

6. well, then color me cynical with you. EOM

[Unbowed]

7. Just made the case to my state's supers. n/t

[Divine Discontent]

8. great!!

I think we're 2 weeks away from someone backing down. This should be over in the middle of this coming month.

[1776Forever]

9. For my goodness sakes YES!!! Just do it!!!!!! Commit people!!!!

What the H are you all waiting on???? IN and NC should be it!!!!!! No mas!!!

[knixphan]

10. I just sent Waxman a request to make the O-plunge

[Divine Discontent]

11. you deserve a thanks for that EOM

[Cha]

13. Yeah, Thank you, knix.. :)

[FlyingSquirrel]

12. If only 115 of them got off the fence

Obama would be the presumptive nominee, based on the near-certainty that he is going to take at least 45% of the remaining vote.

[bhikkhu]

14. I see quite a few from OR, my state.

Probably they are just waiting for our primary and unwilling to step into the fray with local backing so far uncommitted (being very unaccustomed with the notion of having any national influence).

I notice Dean is on there himself - ironic as he has asked for declarations "soon". Probably he and every other one on the list have their own individual good reasons.

I do think it is a ridiculous characterization to say these people will as one throw the primary one way or another. The same as any election - these are individuals with their own minds. I would guess on an eventual split of the 300 resembling the popular vote split.

[knixphan]

15. Kick for: 'Find your reps and bug the hell out of them!'

[cali]

16. Unfortunately, my other Senator isn't an SD

and I think Bernie should be! He caucuses with the dems and has for nearly 20 years.

[knixphan]

17. and Bernie is the MAN!