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Source: www.blognetnews.com --- 26 days ago
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher has picked up two more endorsements from her colleagues in the State House: State Sen. Linda Berglin and State Rep. Steve Simon."In all the tough battles at the Capitol, Margaret has been a calm voice of reason, and has a track record of success," said [...] ... Source: www.mnprogressiveproject.com --- 26 days ago
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher has picked up two more endorsements from her colleagues in the State House: State Sen. Linda Berglin and State Rep. Steve Simon. "In all the tough battles at the Capitol, Margaret has been a calm voice of reason, and has a track record of success," said Simon, "I know that her leadership will inspire the real change our state needs." Sen. Berglin was first elected to her Minneapolis district in the House in 1972, and in the Senate in 1980. She chairs the Senate Finance Committee's Health and Human Services Budget Division. Rep. Simon was elected to his House district in 2004 and serves as an Assistant Majority Leader. Although I'm generally reluctant to project the value of these personal endorsements on the delegate base at local conventions, Simon brings a lot of popularity in the southwest metro (St. Louis Park, Edina, Minnetonka, Eden Prairie) among party regulars. Obviously, this announcement also represents two more votes for MAK at the state convention in April, bringing her tally up to 45 . ... Source: www.mnprogressiveproject.com --- 41 days ago
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher is announcing this morning that she has won the support of two more elected officials (and thus Superdelegates to the DFL state convention) in her gubernatorial bid: State Sen. Ellen Anderson (D-St. Paul) and State Rep. Karen Clark (D-Mpls.) "Margaret is the candidate best positioned to win this race, and to lead our state into the future," Anderson said. "She has an inclusive, welcoming style of leadership and will be a powerful voice for Minnesotans. I'm proud to support her efforts in this race for governor." "In this important election, Margaret understands the social justice, and the environmental health and economic justice issues that are important for all of our communities," Clark said. This announcement comes on the heels of the TakeActionMN poll , which gave Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak a boost heading into the precinct caucuses tomorrow. Although the timing of the TakeAction announcement means they won't have a lot of time to mobilize their members for tomorrow's event, it will mean they'll be on the ground between caucuses and the convention looking to influence delegate elections and the overall course of the endorsement race. Things are going to get interesting, starting tomorrow. The Superdelegate Tracker has been updated, showing MAK leading the way with 43 superdelegate votes. ... Source: www.bowdoin.edu --- 67 days ago
In three recent MPBN segments, DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm discusses his latest book, Winning at War, the debate over the role of Superdelegates in the national election process and congressional representation. ... Source: www.stateline.org --- 69 days ago
Democrats are moving to eliminate from the party's national convention the Superdelegates, the elected officials and party leaders whose role in the presidential nominating process came under intense scrutiny in last year's closely-contested primary. ... Source: www.postchronicle.com --- 70 days ago
Dump Superdelegates? The Democrats want to avoid a repeat of 2008's drawn-out primaries battle.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212276517.shtml"><b>More</b> ... Source: www.brunoandtheprofessor.com --- 71 days ago
Ed Kilgore says the Democratic party may be preparing to strip them of their super status. The party won’t however, muck with the sacred and holy status of the blessed four states at the front of the primary calendar. ... Source: supersaiyan.newsvine.com --- 71 days ago
Remember those interminable Democratic primaries of 2008, with Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton duking it out well into spring? ... Source: twitter.com --- 71 days ago
resnikoff: New post: Superdelegates: 1984-2010 http://bit.ly/5E0fVC #fb ... Source: twitter.com --- 72 days ago
suzilevine: GOOD BYE Superdelegates! #DNC Change commission recommended eliminating unpledged category - http://wp.me/piI1l-gL HaP New Yr! ... Source: therealbarackobama.wordpress.com --- 72 days ago
The RBO 2009 Hyocrite of the Year Award goes to the oxymoronic-named Democratic Change Commission — as they deftly sweep those oh-so-Obedient 2008 Superdelegates under the Obama bus. The Commission was created August 20, 2008, ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Denver by the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party. It was charged with recommending [...] ... Source: www.stateline.org --- 72 days ago
Democrats are moving to eliminate from the party's national convention the Superdelegates, the elected officials and party leaders whose role in the presidential nominating process came under intense scrutiny in last year's closely-contested primary. ... Source: twitter.com --- 72 days ago
CSMnational: Democrats seek to shorten primaries, rein in Superdelegates http://digg.com/u1J6I8 ... Source: www.americablog.com --- 72 days ago
There's some New Year's cheer. ... Source: several.amplify.com --- 73 days ago
Huzzah Clipped from www.dailykos.com DNC moves to tie Superdelegates to state’s preferences A commission of Democratic leaders on Wednesday recommended their party virtually eliminate Superdelegates from their presidential candidate nomination process. Their proposal — commissioned by the Democratic National Committee in the aftermath of last year’s tough primary season — would essentially make the “superdelegate” post an honorary position. Consequently, these powerful party leaders could no longer select the candidate of their choice; rather, their votes would be tied to the outcome of their respective states’ primaries, which choose winners by popular vote. Technically, Superdelegates can vote for whomever they want at the national convention, but in reality, there’s almost no scenario under which they would actually thwart the will of the popularly selected pledged delegates. If the new proposal is adopted, Superdelegates would effectively be limited to a ceremonial role , ratifying their state’s popular vote. Read more at www.dailykos.com ... Source: www.dailykos.com --- 73 days ago
Tony Romm ( via DemConWatch ): A commission of Democratic leaders on Wednesday recommended their party virtually eliminate Superdelegates from their presidential candidate nomination process. Their proposal -- commissioned by the Democratic National Committee in the aftermath of last year's tough primary season -- would essentially make the "superdelegate" post an honorary position. Consequently, these powerful party leaders could no longer select the candidate of their choice; rather, their votes would be tied to the outcome of their respective states' primaries, which choose winners by popular vote. Technically, Superdelegates can vote for whomever they want at the national convention, but in reality, there's almost no scenario under which they would actually thwart the will of the popularly selected pledged delegates. Nonetheless, the mere possibility that they could thwart the popular will creates the illusion that contests that have been completely settled are still up for grabs, as happened in 2008 when then-candidate Obama was a virtual lock to win a majority of pledged delegates but theoretically could have lost if the supers ended up voting for Hillary Clinton en masse . Moreover, because the media included Superdelegates in the delegate counts, the delegate scoreboard never really offered an accurate reflection of who was actually winning primaries and caucuses. Given that Superdelegates are extremely unlikely to flip the a ...
Source: www.msn.com --- 73 days ago
... Source: thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com --- 73 days ago
AMEN to this one. h/t DemConWatchA commission of Democratic leaders on Wednesday recommended their party virtually eliminate Superdelegates from their presidential candidate nomination process.Their proposal -- commissioned by the Democratic National Committee in the aftermath of last year's tough primary season -- would essentially make the "superdelegate" post an honorary position.Consequently ... Source: www.swimmingfreestyle.net --- 73 days ago
Whether there was ever a legitimate argument for establishing the Democratic Party's " Superdelegates ", the group could have wreaked some serious havoc during the 2008 Democratic Convention. I wrote a couple years ago It's an archaic system that doesn't represent the popular vote and needs to be abandoned by the Democratic Party. Remember, it was leading up to the convention that then candidate Hillary Clinton was rumored to be seriously soliciting Superdelegates to pledge allegiance to her campaign despite a popular vote and regular delegate count that favored her challenger, Barack Obama. The race was close enough that, had Ms. Clinton been successful, she would have been the Democrats candidate for president. All hell would have broken loose had that happened and, wisely, the Democrats established an internal group to develop recommendations on a future role for Superdelegates. In a report to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the group proposed Superdelegates be required to vote as their state voted. A group created by the Democratic National Committee to examine the role of the Superdelegates, the Democratic Change Commission — steered by the Obama campaign's top delegate counter, Jeff Berman — held a conference call Wednesday to recommend that these unpledged delegates cast their votes based upon the electoral results of their states rather than on personal preference. ( Link ) The recommendation will need to be approved ... |
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