Blocking Hillary Clinton’s Superdelegate Assault
The emperor has no clothes. Greg Sargent has confirmed via Harold Ickes that Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been using the Jeremiah Wright controversy as a “key topic in their discussions with uncommitted super-delegates.” Needless to say, the breaking story has created a huge kerfuffle, but more importantly something needs to be done about it.
One or two public calls from a high-profile superdelegate each week for Clinton to quit are not going to accomplish anything productive. Instead, it pisses Clinton off and she only gets more entrenched. Her recent vow to take her fight to the credentials committee is ample evidence of how she responds to public opposition. Unfortunately, no one can expect anything but delusional and narcissistic behavior from Sen. Clinton. And that has to be factored in to what Democrats will do going forward.
It is important, and instructive, to remember that more that at least 270 superdelegates are our representatives in Congress. Sen. Clinton obviously cannot be truly held accountable for her actions at this juncture, but the 270+ Members of Congress can indeed be held accountable.
I firmly believe it is time for Democrats to focus on superdelegates and forget about Clinton. They need to be told in no uncertain terms that Sen. Clinton’s tactics are reprehensible and unconscionable. More importantly it needs to be emphasized that choosing to support Sen. Clinton is an unequivocal statement of approval and promotion of the same divisive, reprehensible politics. And it will be costly when it comes their own election.
Obviously a petition to the applicable Senators and Representative is desirable, but I do not have a clue how to set up an online facility to accommodate it. If you are interested in participating in an organized effort to fight Clinton’s blitzkrieg on superdelegates, or need support for an effort already underway, please let me know.
If you want to roll your own, a list of superdelegates is available here. In the interim, I will do some research to see if there is a quick way to set up an online petition or other applicable solutions.
If you have other ideas on how to help fight the Clinton Superdelegate Blitzkrieg and want to pass them on, please let me know.
I hope that more people read this and email the superdelegates in their state. I would HATE to see her getting this vote. I am a white aged 50 freelancer (woman) and wouldn’t vote for Hillary-if she is the nominee I REFUSE to vote. Period. that’s the end of it for me. That would be the first election I will miss since I was originally registered (when I was 18) I have voted both dem and repub (registered independent).