The supers
February 14, 2008
There is talk that the “super-delegates”, delegates who are not elected as delegates, could sway the Democratic national convention.
Ever wonder who the “super delegates” are? The Globe did a story on them, http://www.boston.com/news/politics/gallery/021208_superdelegates/ , you can see the delegates and brief profile. You’ll know lots of them: Senator Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and Deval Patrick. Others are more obscure unless you are party activist– Gus Bickford, and Mary Xiafaras for example.
There are a lot of theories about how super delegates should vote. John Kerry, an Obama supporter, says they should stay neutral, and let the elected delegates decide the race.
Others say they should vote the way their State voted– Massachusetts favored Hillary Clinton, but not by a landslide proportion.
Senator Ted Kennedy, an Obama supporter, asked rhetorically in a recent interview if super-delegates should perhaps be divided proportionally according to how the State voted.
Nikki Tsongas, who represents Haverhill, and John Tierney, Congressman who represents Amesbury and Newburyport are both super-delegates and both are neutral thus far in the race.
How do you feel super-delegates should vote at the convention?
February 15, 2008 at 6:09 pm
The super Delegates should stay out of this we the people should rule! If they do Then Ted Kenendy & John Kerry Should Vote for Senator Hillary Clinton. If not then in there next RE-election we the voter should fire the two Senators From Massachusetts & vote for Change here to. Change they want change they shall have!
Massachusetts Voters voted for her in Huge numbers & so did California New York & even New-Mexico!
In my own words I should say that Senator Barak Obama does not have the Experience to be President of the United States. Senator Obama only Had been in the United States Senate only a few years and before that State Senator and State Reprisentative, what are his Accomplishments? The news media is giving Senator Obama a free ride and not asking him tough qeustions on the issues that face this country.
Senator Obama is a great person but he is not Ready to be President of the United State at this day & time. I should also say that a Clinton/Obama Ticket would be Great.
I hope people In Wisconsin & Ohio Texes Pennsilvania & Vermont & RI VOTE for Hillary Clinton this Saturday!
33 Accomplishments
Change VS Experinnce , or the combination of both has been a large theme, as you all know, in the Obama vs. Clinton nomination campaign.
Senator Clinton has stated that she has the experience to be president, compared to Senator Obama’s, as well as a proven track record of making change; which is true.
I’m not going to give you Obama’s record/accomplishment because you can look it up for yourself, but it’s obvious Clinton is the more experienced. So let’s take a look at what EXACTLY her experience IS, because it’s being distorted in the media. Some pundits claim she has “little” experience. This is simply nonfactual, so I decided to list some of her many accomplishments in her life.
Click here or Copy or past. http://hillaryclintonnews.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-is-sen-clintons-experience.html
Her first cause was children, fighting abuse, and chairing the Children’s Defense Fund.
She began her career as a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973.
following her career as a Congressional legal counsel; she was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979 and was listed as one of the one hundred most influential lawyers in America in 1988 and 1991.
During 1974 she was a member of the Nixon impeachment inquiry staff in Washington D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal. She helped research procedures of impeachment and the historical grounds and standards for impeachment.
Hillary co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a state-level alliance with the Children’s Defense Fund, in 1977.
In late 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
She was the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and was active in a number of organizations concerned with the welfare of children, and was on the board of Wal-Mart and several other corporate boards.
Bill Clinton appointed her chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee where she successfully obtained federal funds to expand medical facilities in Arkansas’ poorest areas without affecting doctors’ fees.
One of the most important initiatives of the entire Clinton governorship, she fought a prolonged but ultimately successful battle against the Arkansas Education Association to put mandatory teacher testing as well as state standards for curriculum and classroom size in place.
She introduced Arkansas’ Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth in 1985, a program that helps parents work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy.
As First Lady of the United States she took a very prominent role in public policy.
She was the initial first lady to hold a post-graduate degree and to have her own professional career up to the time of entering the White House. She was also the initial first lady to take up an office in the West Wing of the White House.
She fought hard for Universal Health Care as First Lady, although it wasn’t successful, it’s something she learned from.
She visited over 80 countries as First Lady giving important speeches, about such controversial topics as human rights/women’s rights in China.
Her major initiative, the Clinton Health Care Plan, failed to gain approval by the Congress in 1994, but in 1997 she helped establish the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the Adoption and Safe Families Act.
As a Senator and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hillary worked with her colleagues to secure the funds New York needed to recover and rebuild.
She fought to provide compensation to the families of the victims, grants for hard-hit small businesses, and health care for front line workers at Ground Zero.
She is the first New Yorker ever to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
She has visited troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in countless other locations, truly understanding the challenges facing our troops.
Hillary passed legislation to track the health status of our troops so that conditions like Gulf War Syndrome would no longer be misdiagnosed.
She is an original sponsor of legislation that expanded health benefits to members of the National Guard and Reserves and has been a strong critic of the Administration’s handling of Iraq.
She has introduced legislation to tie Congressional salary increases to an increase in the minimum wage.
She has supported a variety of middle-class tax cuts, including marriage penalty relief, property tax relief, and reduction in the Alternative Minimum Tax, and supports fiscally responsible pay-as-you-go budget rules.
She helped pass legislation that encouraged investment to create jobs in struggling communities through the Renewal Communities program.
She authored legislation that has been enacted to improve quality and lower the cost of prescription drugs and to protect our food supply from bioterrorism.
She sponsored legislation to increase America’s commitment to fighting the global HIV/AIDS crisis.
She has lead the fight for the expanded use of information technology in the health care system to decrease administrative costs, lower premiums, and reduce medical errors.
Clinton has successfully worked to ensure the safety of prescription drugs for children, with legislation now included in the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act.
She has also proposed expanding access to child care.
She has passed legislation that will bring more qualified teachers into classrooms and more outstanding principals to lead our schools.
Hillary is one of the original cosponsors of the Prevention First Act to increase access to family planning.
She fought with the Bush Administration and ensured that Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, will be available to millions of American women and will reduce the need for abortions.
She introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 to ensure better protection of votes and to ensure that every vote is counted.
When Senator Clinton said she has been fighting for causes important to her for 35 yrs, she is VERY accurate. Her accomplishments are staggering. Those who are questioning her accomplishments, and the things she has fought for, should take a little history lesson.