Olbermann - A Delegate Matter (TX Caucus)

[sonias]

You have to go watch this Olbermann video on the TX Caucus

Olbermann -A Delegate Matter (TX Prima-Caucus)

:kick:


Sonia

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

1. Hey, that was my convention in the video!

Thanks for x-posting. I never would have seen it otherwise.

[crispini]

2. Of course they send the cameras to the 23rd

Probably thought ya'll were going to get into a fistfight on the floor. :D

[sonias]

3. Oh it got ugly

Here is a first hand account from Daily Kos:

Melody Townsel's Daily Kos diary
Texas Jokes End Today: UPDATED
(snip)
After six or so extremely hot, crowded, confusing hours, many of us were unable to determine why, exactly, our credentials had been challenged. The Clinton camp had announced that they were targeting the 23rd district for credentials challenges and, by god, that's what they did.

By the end, the Clinton folks were willing -- hell, eager -- to throw out not just random individuals but the entire delegation of 2 precincts. (So much for voter enfranchisement, eh, Hills?)

The protest process was tailor-made for alienating committed voters, wearing them out to the point where they would drop out. By the end of the night, the convention floor was abuzz with tired, pissed-off voters who now hate Hillary with the fire of a thousand suns.

I'm one of them. Thanks for sucking those 10 or so hours away from me, Hills. Love ya. Mean it.

In the end, the Hillary camp did successfully win challenges on 22 delegates. Out of a total of 2,650. When the announcement came, we calculated that the 10-hour delay of the start of our convention averaged roughly a successful challenge only every 30 minutes.

:wow:

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

4. Which convention did she challenge ALL the African American delegates?

I thought it was that one, but I guess not.

dg

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

6. The 23rd is heavily A-A

but Melody is not and neither is her precinct. Dunno why she and her precinct were challenged. Maybe John Bolton gave a tip to the local hilbots.

[sonias]

8. Melody added this to her updated report this morning

I will throw up this quote from the Dallas Morning News Trailblazers blog:

Barack Obama handily won District 16 by 59 percent-41 percent. But he crushed Hillary Rodham Clinton in Sen. Royce West's District 23 -- 82 percent to 18 percent. Clinton barely made the "threshold" of 15 percent to get any delegates at all from the county.

Barely made the threshold - that's why they went ballistic with their challenges to make sure they didn't lose an SD completely.


Sonia

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

5. No, our fights usually happen at the state convention

:rofl:

[gkhouston]

7. hmm, maybe I should volunteer for the state convention then

since everything on TV will be in reruns. ;-)

[sonias]

9. Please do!

We are going to need all the help we can get. And you know hand to hand combat is much more fun than TV reruns.

:bounce:


Sonia