Here something I just found:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12923
Re: Superdelegates
From:
[email protected] To:
[email protected] Date: 2016-02-12 18:04 Subject: Re: Superdelegates
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From: Robby Mook <
[email protected]> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:00:43 To: Tina Flournoy<
[email protected]> Cc: Jennifer Palmieri<
[email protected]>; John Podesta<
[email protected]>; Huma Abedin<
[email protected]> Subject:
Re: Superdelegates
Just so I'm clear--we're looking for a press strategy on this?
Or a strategy to retain our people?
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:07 PM, tina <
[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, as I think it's gaining traction >
Can you get a breakdown of the superdelegates?
> > Race/ gender etc -
> And some biographies of some of the superdelegates -
are there still > Jackson DNC members?
(Those added to DNC post a 1988 deal with Rev Jackson) >
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- > *From: * Jennifer Palmieri <
[email protected]> >
*Date: *Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:04:41 -0500 >
*To: *Tina Flournoy<
[email protected]> > *Cc: *John Podesta<
[email protected]>; Robby Mook< >
[email protected]>; Huma Abedin<
[email protected]> >
*Subject: *Re: Superdelegates > >
We need to figure this out. > > >
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:02 PM, tina <
[email protected]> wrote: > >>
Do we have a message around this? >>
>> The massive victory by Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire was a pivotal >> moment in the race for the Democratic nomination. >> >> Taken with the close results in Iowa, one thing is increasingly clear: >> This is going to be a long primary season, and every single delegate is >> going to be important. >> >> Which is why many Sanders supporters were shocked to see what the news >> media had to say about the delegate count on Wednesday morning. Even though >> Bernie won New Hampshire by an absolute landslide, the press claimed that >> he and Hillary Clinton were leaving the state with an equal number of >> delegates -- because most of the state's superdelegates are promising to >> vote for Hillary at the convention. >> >> Here's how it works. In addition to the thousands of pledged delegates, >> who are allotted to each campaign based on primary and caucus results, >> there are 712 superdelegates -- made up of Democratic elected officials and >> party insiders -- who get to vote on who the party's nominee should be at >> the convention. >> >> If the race is close, superdelegates could determine who the nominee will >> be regardless of who the majority of voters supported. Pretty undemocratic, >> isn't it? >> >> I think the race for who the Democratic nominee will be should be decided >> by the voters, not by a handful of party elites. If you agree, please sign >> my petition with Democracy for America calling on all Democratic >> superdelegates to pledge right now that they will support the candidate who >> wins the popular vote.< >>
Sign Robert Reich's petition: Bernie or Hillary? Let the voters decide -- not superdelegates | Democracy For America >> > >> >> This isn't the first time that Democrats have raised concerns over the >> superdelegate system. >> >> In 2008, when the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was at >> its closest, some people thought that superdelegates would be able change >> the results of the nomination process. >> >> My friends at Democracy for America took action then as well. In 2008, >> more than 60,000 DFA members signed and delivered a petition to Democratic >> Party leadership asking superdelegates not to overturn the will of the >> voters. And that year, they didn't. Most superdelegates either changed >> their support or waited to choose a side until after Obama won the majority >> of delegates pledged through the primary process. >> >> Unfortunately, the party failed to reform this unfair and undemocratic >> part of the nomination process in the years since President Obama was >> elected. Now, we're facing another potential crisis in the party. >> >> If supporters of either candidate walk away from this process feeling >> cheated because party insiders nullified their votes, it will be impossible >> to put together a winning coalition in November. >> >> Holding on to the White House in 2016 is extremely important. We can't >> afford to let party elites jeopardize that by ignoring the will of the >> voters. Join me and DFA in telling superdelegates to pledge to support the >> popularly-elected winner of the nomination now.< >>
Sign Robert Reich's petition: Bernie or Hillary? Let the voters decide -- not superdelegates | Democracy For America >> > >> >> Thanks for signing this important petition and passing it along to your >> friends. >> >> - Robert >> >> Robert Reich >> Former Secretary of Labor >> >> [
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