My Support of Hillary Clinton and My Role as a Superdelegate
Earl Blumenauer
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The most undemocratic thing someone who claims to be a Democrat can do.

Furthermore: 
The Democratic super-delegates in 2016 chose who to support and announced their support at a time when:

  • There was no “popular-vote leader.”
  • There was no “delegate-count leader.”
  • There was no popular vote.
  • There was no delegate count.
  • There had been few or no debates (depending on the super-delegate).
  • The final field of candidates had not yet been set.
  • The super-delegates had not held face-to-face meetings with any candidates other than the one they endorsed.
  • The super-delegates had no polling from within their home state to guide or influence them.
  • The “good of the Party” was unclear because the candidates had not yet aired their ideas to the voters.
  • The likely GOP candidate was unknown, and indeed even the full slate of candidates for the GOP nomination was not known.
  • Pending issues potentially affecting the electability of individual candidates had not been resolved (for instance, whatever happens with the federal investigation of Clinton, the mere fact of the investigation, or the possible indictment of a distant associate, could hurt her candidacy substantially in the fall). (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/sanders-is-right-on-super_b_9695718.html)

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