With all the national talk about the role superdelegates will have in deciding who will be the Democratic nominee for President, you might just forget that our borough has its own fair share of these shadowy power brokers.
Brooklyn's superdelegates are Reps. Yvette Clarke, Anthony Weiner, Nydia Velazquez, Edolphus Towns, and Senator Chuck Schumer. Guess who they're all supporting?
If you answered Hillary Clinton, you're a winner. (And I guess Hillary is too!)
Brooklyn's superdelegates didn't exactly go out on a limb. Every superdelegate from New York who has pledged their support for a candidate so far has gone for our state's junior senator. The fact that Hillary has in her corner her colleagues from New York's congressional delegation is no surprise. After all, every superdelegate from Illinois, save the Mayor of DuQuoin, Illinois John Rednour, has already weighed in on Barack Obama's side.
It looks like Democrats will have a deadlocked National Convention to look forward to in August. Who knows? Maybe Brooklyn's superdelegates will end up tipping the nomination in Hillary's favor. We could be like Florida in 2000!
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2 comments:
Great post and, for sure, this issue of superdelegates, especially our local ones, needs eyes locked on it full-time.
Thanks.
BrooklynRon
Any suggestions on how to find out 1) who each district's superdelegate is and 2) whether clinton or obama carried a particular district? There are lots of stories out there, but none seem to have these specifics. Thanks
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