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DEL.ICIO.USLast Democratic delegates for Denver picked
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Democratic state committee on Saturday picked the final 32 Georgia delegates to the party’s national convention in Denver, most of them from a pre-approved list dictated by the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
The “right of refusal” invoked by the presidential candidates resulted in the rejection of many Democratic activists eager to become part of the 102-member state delegation to the historic gathering in August.
The bulk of delegates were selected in April in elections by congressional districts. The Saturday vote added 21 Obama supporters and 11 Clinton backers.
“I know a lot of people are disappointed. And I’ve talked to most of them,” state Democratic party chairman Jane Kidd.
The party chairman attributed the decision by the Clinton and Obama campaigns to the fact that the contest remains undecided.
“[The two campaigns] felt like it was necessary to make sure that they knew who these delegates would be, that they were people who from the very beginning supported their candidate, whom they could trust to get to the convention — if [the unsettled contest] comes to the convention,” Kidd said.
“They wanted to make sure their delegates were true blue delegates committed to their candidates,” she said.
With the two slates already picked by the presidential campaigns, the only suspense was whether enough state committee members would show up on a Memorial Day weekend to form a quorum. In the end, 138 committee members showed up — 14 more than necessary.
Click here for the entire list of Denver delegates.
Comments
By jacksmith
May 24, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
DON’T BE DUPED AGAIN AMERICA !!!
IT’S ABOUT ELECTABILITY !!!
Large numbers of BUSH_McCain Republicans have been voting for Barack Obama in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses from early on with the backing and help of the medical and insurance industry. Under the direction of the George Bush, and Karl Rove vote fraud, and vote manipulation machine. Because they feel Barack Obama would be a weaker opponent against John McCain. And they want to stop Hillary Clinton from fixing the HUGE! American, and Global mess they have created. shocking!!! isn’t it. Just gotta love those good old draft dodging, silver spoon Texas boys. Not! :-(
You see, the medical and insurance industry mostly support the republicans with the money they ripped off from you. And they don’t want you to have quality, affordable universal health care. They want to be able to continue to rip you off, and kill you and your children by continuing to deny you life saving medical care that you have already paid for. So they can continue to make more immoral profits for them-selves off of you, and your children’s suffering.
With Hillary Clinton you are almost 100% certain to get quality affordable universal health care for everyone very soon. And you are also certain to see major improvements in the economy for everyone.
The American people face even worse catastrophes ahead than the ones you are living through now. It will take all of the skills, and experience of Hillary Clinton to pull the American people out of this mess we are in. Fortunately fixing up, and cleaning up others incompetence, immoral degeneracy, and mess is what the Clinton’s do very well.
Hillary Clinton has actually won by much larger margins than the vote totals showed. And lost by much smaller vote margins than the vote totals showed. Her delegate count is actually much higher than it shows. And higher than Obama’s. She also leads in the electoral college numbers that you must win to become President in the November national election. HILLARY CLINTON IS ALREADY THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE!
Just look at Oregon for example. Obama won Oregon by about 70,000 votes. But approximately 79,000 Bush republicans switched party’s back in January to vote for Obama in the democratic primary. They are not going to vote for, or support any Democrat in November. Are you DEMOCRATS going to put up with that. Are you that stupid, and weak. The Bush republicans think you are that stupid, and weak.
As much as 30% of Obama’s primary, and caucus votes are Republicans trying to choose the weakest democratic candidate for McCain to run against. These Republicans have been gaming the caucuses, and open primaries where it is easier to vote cheat. This is why Obama has not been able to win the BIG! states primaries. Even with Republican vote cheating help. Except North Carolina where 35% of the population is African American, and approximately 90% of them block voted for him. African Americans are only approximately 17% of the general population.
Hillary Clinton has been OUT MANNED! and OUT SPENT! 4 and 5 to 1. Yet Obama has only been able to manage a very tenuous, and questionable tie with Hillary Clinton. This is even more phenomenal when you consider she has been also fighting against the George Bush, Karl Rove vote fraud machine in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses. Hillary Clinton is STUNNING!.
If Obama is the democratic nominee for the national election in November he will be slaughtered. That is crystal clear now. Because all of the Republican vote cheating help will suddenly evaporate. And the demographics, and experience are completely against him. All of this vote fraud and Bush republican manipulation has made Obama falsely look like a much stronger candidate than he really is.
You will have another McGovern catastrophe where George McGovern lost 49 of 50 states. And was the reason the super-delegates were created to keep that from happening again. Don’t let that happen to the party and America again super-delegates. You have the power to prevent it. The only important question now is who can best win in November. And the answer is HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. That fact is also now crystal clear.
And YOUNG PEOPLE. DON’T BE DUPED! Think about it. You have the most to lose. As do African Americans. Support Hillary Clinton. She will do her best for all of you. And she will know how to best get it done on day one.
The democratic party needs to fix this outrage. Everyone needs to throw all your support to Hillary Clinton NOW! So you can end this outrage against YOU the voter, and against democracy.
The democratic party, and the super-delegates have a decision to make. Are the democrats, and the democratic party going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee to fight for the American people. Or are the republicans going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee through vote fraud, and gaming the DEMOCRATIC party primaries, and caucuses.
Fortunately the Clinton’s have been able to hold on against this fraudulent outrage with those repeated dramatic, and heroic comebacks of Hillary Clinton’s. Only the Clinton’s are that resourceful, and strong. Hillary Clinton is your NOMINEE. They are the best I have ever seen. Probably the best there has ever been. :-)
“This is not a game” (Hillary Clinton)
Sincerely
jacksmith… Working Class :-)
p.s. Cynthia Ruccia - I’m with ya baby. All the way. “Clinton Supporters Count Too.”
By Churchill
May 24, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Jack and Will Jones are likely the same person, or suffer from the same mental illness. Republicans, take heart. Yes, we do not have the candidate that many of us may have wanted, but our candidate is far better than what the left has to offer. News fromthe left aboout about Denver, should give us hope of atleast staving off the control of the SCOTUS from the left. There are a couple of lib/democrat groups promising riots in Denver (Recreate68.org and TentState). Hillary has no intention of getting out of the race and she will plunge the Democrat party into chaos in order to make sure that if she does not get the nomination Obama will not either; did you all catch her RFK reference? Viva Operation Chaos!!!!
Viva McCain
By Daninmacon
May 24, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
Democrats are divided racists.
By Wackolibhack
May 24, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this
It is Bush’s fault that the Democrats are divided racist. I hate Bush!!
By Richard Dickerson
May 24, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this
Will the conservs riot at Lake Minetonka-will gay hookers lose income due to low neocon turn-out-will worshipers of false idols follow the lies spread to prey on their lack of understanding of course get ready for Mcwon’t
By TW
May 24, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this
McCain ‘08 BECAUSE BUSH CAN’T RUN AGAIN
FINISH THE DRILL!
BRING BACK THE DRAFT!
By Rarl Kove
May 24, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this
Why do libs want to bring back the draft?
By YoungBill
May 24, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
So we can RECRATE68.org.
By YoungBill
May 24, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
So we can RECReATE68.org.
By YoungBill
May 24, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
So we can RECReATE68.org.
By YoungBill
May 24, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
So we can RECReATE68.org.
By Linda Mitchell
June 6, 2008 1:56 AM | Link to this
jacksmith you figured the scam out. Let’s hope it doesn’t. I’m a pledged Clinton delegate from Nebraska; and I will be going to Denver Convention in August. I’m very proud to be her Supporter. Black female and proud of that too. In Nebraska, most white Democrates are for Obama and 98% of blacks are for Obama, so my own party totally Discounted. Nebraska is Republican state. Red as can be, in other words a McCain state. If Obama losses we can blame it on the Super Delegates and Barrack’s Ego thinking he doesn’t need her on the ticket to win. I think Hillary would have been smart enough & proud to to put him on her ticket. A woman and a black man on a Presidential ticket would have been truly Historic ticket. That would win and real healthy change could happen. But if Republicans get back in, this will be a truly angry Out-of-control Country. My 2 cents.