Bang the Drum

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Entries Tagged ‘delegates’

10 Delegates to Go; Thank You, Maxine!

Barack Obama needs 10 more delegates to hit the magic number for the nomination!
AND, Maxine Waters switched her endorsement from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. Thank you, Maxine. This Californian appreciates the gesture toward party unity.
Chicago, IL – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) endorsed Barack Obama for President. Waters switched her endorsement from Clinton [...]

Memo to Lanny Davis

The answer to your question about fighting over 4 delegates is this: It wasn’t just 4 delegates. It was an effort to claim the MI popular vote as all yours, with none to Obama. It was counter-Clinton spin.
But you knew that.

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Voter Disenfranchisement, Texas Style?

This is a shout-out to all Clinton supporters, particularly those who understand the issues around seating the Florida and Michigan delegates. I sincerely need you to educate me.
I found thistonight, via Daily Kos:
It was a localized version of the Michigan/Florida debate in Grand Prairie today and once again, Hillary [...]

An Alternative Solution to FL and MI?

Seat the delegations, but move them to the end of the roll call to prevent any last-minute machinations on the convention floor.
I’m more or less convinced that if Clinton doesn’t get her way with the rules committee on Sunday, she’ll will take the battle to the convention, and the meeting of the Credentials committee. [...]

Florida and Michigan Analysis Done Right

Required reading. After researching the issue myself and getting ready to write about it for one last time, I found this post by poblano on Daily Kos, which has so excellently set out all of the arguments for how the Michigan and Florida delegates could (and should) be seated, that I abandoned mine and [...]

Memo to the Mainstream

To: Mainstream Media Outlets, including the NY Times, Washington Post, Cable Networks and Broadcast News
From: An Informed Democrat
Re: Your addiction to misinformation, horseracing, and misplaced hope
Please be advised that this metric is worthless.
There is only ONE METRIC that matters when it comes to the nomination for the Democratic Party.
Read this carefully. The only [...]