From the lips of Senator Hillary Clinton, on why it doesn’t matter what kind of delegate you are, you can always vote for her no matter what:
I just don’t think this is over yet, and I don’t think that it is smart for us to take a position that might disadvantage us in November. And also remember that pledged delegates in most states are not pledged. You know, there is no requirement that anybody vote for anybody. They’re just like superdelegates. […]
There are different ways to become a delegate, there are delegates from caucuses, there are delegates from primaries, and there are the appointed delegates, they’re all equal, they all have an equal vote – those are the rules of the Democratic Party. Now if you don’t like the rules, change them going forward but those are the rules. And they are there for a purpose, because if you go back and look 30 years ago, people were elected to Congress said, ‘Wait a minute, this party is not running winning elections. We need to have a say, with all due respect,’ so, they have a say. You know, the goals are very conveniently being interpreted, you know – Michigan shouldn’t count because of the rules and and we shouldn’t count the superdelegates even though the rules…You know, I think that doesn’t make sense.
Sure sounds like she intends to poach some of Obama’s pledged delegates to me. But that can’t be, can it? Because just two weeks ago her campaign promised that it had no intention of doing that after she made similar comments. So, what was she talking about, anyway?
I’m as curious to know as the rest of you.
