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Pelosi and the Establishment

February 8, 2008 14:44 by matthewcain

Wolf Blitzer interviewed Nancy Pelosi on the issue of the SuperDelegates today:

 
Pelosi says, "SuperDelegates were established to give many more people at the *grassroots* level the opportunity to go to the convention and be really the overwhelming majority of who will decide this convention."

Pelosi then tries to defend the notion of the SuperDelegates by claiming that they would decide within their state delegation.  Well, if they're going with the popular vote of the state, then why do we need SuperDelegates? 

She goes on to say "Hopefully a candidate will emerge soon..."  However, when Wolf asks Pelosi if she would prefer that a candidate would emerge before the convention, Pelosi backtracks and talks up the vitality that Obama and Clinton have brought with their campaigns.  "There are advantages to both" a candidate emerging before and during the convention.  Oh, and by the way, your vote is irrelevant but it doesn't matter because, "There are no losers in this..."  


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February 8. 2008 18:41

clc

pretty sad. i've always thought she was shady and disingenuous but this sure solidifies it. it's almost laughable to call congress, governors, and mayors the unheard, grassroots voices.

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