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Originally Posted by icenine
I know you are upset about the super delegate thing but Obama did the same thing to Hillary in 2008.
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Sorry Dude, but that's wrong.
The truth is Hillary started out with a big superdelegate lead over Obama just like she has over Bernie. She lost it when it became apparent that Obama was cleaning her clock in the primaries.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/201...te-switcharoos
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The Guardian reported in February 2008:
Hillary Clinton is starting to lose her overwhelming lead with super-delegates, the Democratic party officials whose votes she is counting on to help her close the gap with Barack Obama.
Obama has received a steady flow of new backers in recent days while building a streak of 11 straight primary victories.
[...] Most unnerving for Clinton is the trickle of super-delegates who have defected from her corner to Obama's.
[...] Super-delegates who represent areas won by Obama are facing pressure to declare for him. One Clinton super-delegate, Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, said colleagues had urged her to support Obama if he wins her district in the primary.
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