Pelosi Club Powers, ACTIVATE!

After today's delegates from Oregon and Kentucky are counted, Barack Obama has secured the majority of PLEDGED delegates at 1627+
Super delegate Nancy Pelosi and other associate super delegates have held of their endorsement until a clear pledge delegate leader has emerged,
and feel that a tendency of super delegate to trump the pledge delegate majority leader would be harmful to the party.

May 21, 2008

Pelosi Club Powers, ACTIVATE!

brings back some horrendous memories of my childhood.

Ok I know it was supposed to be water something, so that it can be carried in a bucket, but I just couldnt figure out how that fit.

Ill be hiding over here:yoiks:

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(9 members if you count the Florida member who as of the moment is disqualified)

and from the way it's been phrased they'll wait until the primaries are over on June 3rd before "officially" endorsing. This is part propriety and part waiting until after May 31st to see what the DNC Rules Committee's ruling is on Michigan and Florida. You can read all up on the Pelosi club at DCW; here's the direct link to that blog: http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/superdelegates-pledging-to-back.html

It's important to note, though, that while there are only 8 official members, a number of insiders have said that most of the remaining uncommitted supers intend to honor the Pelosi club's pledge to the will of the people. DCW lists a range of inside sources which indicate that the lion's share of the remaining 206 superdelegates will also uphold the Pelosi club's commitment to the will of the people. Among the many projections out there, by my judgments the most convincing and promising are CA DNC member "Mr. Super" superdelegate Ed Espinoza's scrupulously documented enumeration of most of the uncommitted supers favoring the pledged delegate victor, senior House member and SC representative James Clyburn's strong assertion that well more than a majority of super will uphold the will of the people by endorsing the pledged winner, and supporting statements of this kind from a number of other both committed and uncommitted supers to this effect (for this, read the comments on the DCW Pelosi Club blog, with many links to statements along these lines from supers across the board).

I would also add that even if the Florida and Michigan delegates are seated as is, unless HRC wins the remaining 3 primaries by about 80% of the remaining pledged delegates ( ), he will still come out with the majority of pledged delegates in this election --- and that number becomes 95% once you award Obama the "undecideds" from the Michigan election (which he surely will get, especially considering that as the pledged delegate leader, he will be controlling the convention). Whichever way you spin this, Obama will end this primary with the majority of pledged delegates, which means he will win the Pelosi club, the Democratic Convention, the nomination, to infinity and beyond! ... :woohoo:

If you want a more detailed explanation of all the numbers etc, see my half-statistical half-celebration thread from this afternoon: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6047509&mesg_id=6047509 , and give it a good ole kick, this forum needs to be celebrating! :smoke:

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love the thread title!

Pelosi and Carter, that's two MAJOR endorsements right there.

:rofl:

This the same "impeachment is off the table" or "we need to take a firmer stance with Iran" Pelosi?

Her endorsement is a HUGE vote of confidence that will start a landslide of other endorsements.

The rumor is that she made a deal with HRC to give her time to exit gracefully. However, if she tries to push hard with dirty tactics to get FL and MI seated as is.. Pelosi will endorse and the flood will quickly put Obama over the top and Clinton will be left with a ruined political future.

Of course that may not be true and Pelosi may endorse Obama today. It has been TOO quiet because usually by now there is an endorsement one way or another. I am wondering if there is going to be a big showing today?

With super powers.

LoL