Posted on 05/16/2016 8:35:49 AM PDT by McGruff
Chaos erupted at the Nevada Democratic convention on Saturday as supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over the awarding of the state’s 35 pledged delegates. Clinton edged Sanders in the Nevada caucus on Feb. 20th (52.6 percent to 47.3 percent). On April 2, however, the state party held its Clark County convention and Sanders mobilized more delegates than the Clinton campaign (1,613 to 1,298), which swung the delegate count in his favor.
At the state convention this weekend, the final step in the process, Sanders supporters hoped to secure the lion’s share of the remaining 12 delegates. Instead, the delegate allocation rules were abruptly changed and Clinton was awarded 7 of the 12 delegates. State party chair, Roberta Lange, told caucus-goers that the “ruling by the Chair is not debatable; we cannot be challenged and I move that…and I announce that the rules have been passed by the body.” Predictably, a chorus of boos followed and the convention was forced to end on a frenzied note.
What happened in Nevada is likely to happen elsewhere. The perception that the DNC has thrown its institutional support behind Clinton has only deepened the internal divide within the party. The Sanders wing is pissed off, and rightfully so
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Dems are in a civil war.
Colorado for us, Nevada for them.
Dat white trash needs to keep to their share cropping
Nice to think that way, but remember the “PUMA” thing from 2008?
What difference at this point does it make? Thank them and give them their participation trophy, Hillaryous Rotten Criminal.
Yes, I remember the PUMA thing from 2008. But these aren’t bitter old PUMAs, these are starry-eyed idealists who are getting a cold fire hose of political reality.
I don’t expect them to swoon over Trump. I expect them to stay home.
These idiots still don’t understand that Bernie’s mission was simply to make it appear as if Hillary had to “win” her nomination. Bernie was always careful to avoid actual discussion of things that would hurt her (email scandal, Benghazi, Bill’s women, etc.). He dutifully played along and walked that fine line to make it look like she was battling him, when in reality they were/are working toward the same goal... her coronation.
What does “PUMA” mean?
LOL - Salon and SEAN ILLING are 'catching on'? What a hoot. Democrats stripped 'the people' of power years ago when they came up with the idea of super-delegates. In essence they destroyed the power of the vote... democrat primaries are for 'show' purposes only.
The democrap primary process was/is a complete sham. Hellary was the anointed one from day one despite her mafia like criminal empire. Wake up bernieites- Bernie was/is a token alternative candidate that never had a snowball’s chance of being the nominee no matter how many votes he received.
It is always fun to watch the surprised look on Democrats faces when the DNC pulls this crap on them.
This is SOP. It is usually directed at the Republicans. When the DNC turns on its party base, they are always shocked.
There is nothing democratic about the Democrat Party.
It is civil war right now among the Dems. Get the popcorn ready.
Thank-you!
So THAT’s what Snickering Hound looks like!
Who cares what they think - so long as they don’t vote for the Witch. LET them be angry - understanding doesn’t matter, only votes do in November.
Besides, when the rest of America looks up and sees the rioting, etc. on the Dem side, combined with the BLM, etc. riots (that have occurred and which will occur a LOT this coming summer), then Trump and the Republicans will get the “Silent Majority” vote - just like Nixon did in that riotous year of 1968. People want stability, and the Dems can’t give it to them.
Superdelegates are a noxious device to begin with, but they’re part of the process and, however objectionable Sanders supporters find them, no rules have been broken on that front. In New York, however, where the process wasn’t so much rigged as designed to make it uncommonly difficult for non-incumbents or Democratic challengers to compete are problematic at best, particularly in this climate.
Not much different from the Republican version:
Delegates are a noxious device to begin with, but they’re part of the process and, however objectionable Trump supporters find them, no rules have been broken on that front. In Colorado, however, where the process wasn’t so much rigged as designed to make it uncommonly difficult for non-incumbents or Republican challengers to compete are problematic at best, particularly in this climate.
It was a group of female supporters of Hillary that were irate that Obama knocked her out in the primaries and they pledged their undying efforts to make him pay for it politically. Then he got elected anyway, and the PUMAs probably voted for him in the end.
I don't remember what it stands for.
It's a large member of the cat family native to the Americas. But that's not important now.
(couldn't resist)
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