2016 Postmortem

Recursion

(56,582 posts) Tue May 24, 2016, 08:58 PM May 2016

Jerry Brown seconded his own nomination in 1992

At least I'm virtually certain I remember that (I was a 16-year-old still-pissed-off Tsongas supporter). He also didn't get a speaking spot because of that (though he was allowed some remarks when he seconded).

So, I guess the point here is that:

1. People have carried their campaign to the convention in "recent" years (for some value of "recent&quot

2. It didn't destroy the party

3. But, it also sidelined the person who did it somewhat

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Jerry Brown seconded his own nomination in 1992 (Original Post) Recursion May 2016 OP

Jerry had 596 delegates, had won six States. And he did in fact second his own nomination. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #1

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1. Jerry had 596 delegates, had won six States. And he did in fact second his own nomination.