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Related: About this forumHillary gets another Super Delegate in Texas!
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On the final day of campaigning before the Super Tuesday primaries, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won her 19th Texas delegate before a single state vote was counted when U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced his support for the former secretary of state.
As a so-called superdelegate, the Austin Democrat is free to choose which candidate to support at his partys nominating convention in July, and Doggetts endorsement delivered Monday at a San Antonio rally with former President Bill Clinton displayed the deep party support that Hillary Clinton is counting on to carry Texas.
Im here today as a progressive Democrat to offer my full support for Hillary Clinton, Doggett said. As a progressive, I want all the progress we can get as soon as we can get it for the families that I represent.
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Clintons relationships have helped her gain 19 of 29 Texas superdelegates, including 10 of 11 Democrats in the U.S. House. Nationally, 455 of Clintons 546 delegates are superdelegates, according to The Associated Press, while Sanders has claimed 87 total delegates.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/for-clinton-vs-sanders-a-super-tuesday-haul-in-tex/nqZ9k/
TexasTowelie~
YAY.. Gracias Congressman Lloyd Doggett!
[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo~
Cha
(297,275 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)Thank you!
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)Tortmaster
(382 posts)... an otherwise blighted Texas Supreme Court back in the day. Good judgment. Great job, Secretary Clinton!
Cha
(297,275 posts)he represents, Tortmaster.. it's very important to him.
I remember him as part of a congressional delegation that fled the state so they wouldn't have to do something.... back in the bush days. But, I forgot what?
Do you have a clue what I'm talking about?
Gracias!
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)and also made it impossible for state authorities to collar them and compel them to come to the state house.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Eleven
Wisconsin legislators did something similar more recently, when the GOP was trying to push anti-union legislation:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wisconsin-protests-idUSTRE71H01920110218
Cha
(297,275 posts)coming up with it.
The Texas Eleven! They were our heroes! Good for Wisconsin Dems, too. :loveiya:
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)okasha
(11,573 posts)Many went to New Mexico, where Bill Richardson refused to allow Texas authorities to serve yhem with summons.
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stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)his super delegate status to BS?!
No, I didn't think so.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Super Delegate for Hillary = bought and paid for blah blah blah. Their uncles wifes godchild's 2nd cousin worked for Hillary in the 1970's or something like that. They are a greedy 1%er and eat children in the basement of their home.
Super Delegate for Bernie = (Even when they are a hedge fund 1%er) real patriot person of the people who gets the blah blah blah.
Still total crickets any time I ask how a President who can't even get the minority party in both chambers of congress to back his candidacy (0 senators, 5 representatives) is going to get anything he is promising passed?
Either there is a path to passing his very ambitious (and admittedly admirable) agenda (please, SOMEONE explain the "How" of it) OR
He is ignorant of how congress actually works (extremely unlikely since he's spent the last 40 years in it)
OR
At the end of the day, he's really just a typical politician doing the typical thing in a typical primary season and making tons of promises he knows he won't have the power to keep.. What is that phrase again for someone who makes promises knowing they can't keep them? I don't blame him for it. That's what politicians do. I just think it's terribly ironic that the foundation of his campaign is "honesty and integrity".
Cha
(297,275 posts)state Dem voters for BS=good.
Have I got the picture, yet?
Evar
(44 posts)I have respected Lloyd Doggett, but the super delegate system is just another way of rigging the system, especially when it embraces corporate lobbyists, so Doggett's endorsement is very disappointing to me. It's just another continuance of corrupt politics, and because of this and the many ways the party has failed the people, I will leave the Democratic Party after this election.
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)It's unseemly how, just because Mr. Doggett supports my candidate of choice, and not yours, that you're disparaging him. Why the sour grapes?
Cha
(297,275 posts)Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)By the way this i the HIllary Clinton group, you got all of General Discussion to post your hatred of her in
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)The Texas GOP really hates Congressman Doggett
Cha
(297,275 posts)Gracias! I was so glad to see this.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)After the final polls were in, Clinton has a 30% lead over Sanders (63.3% to 33.7%) as a >99% chance of winning today.
As the saying goes, "don't mess with Texas".
A great start for Super Tuesday!
Cha
(297,275 posts)great white snark
(2,646 posts)And I expect much more great news as the day progresses. Thank you for posting.
Cha
(297,275 posts)Mahalo!