Representating a territory who overwhelmingly voted to support Barack Obama, should Delegate Christiansen's Superdelegate vote run contrary to the wishes of her constituency?
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Our people are so uneducated about national Politics it’s such a shame. I agree with Anonymous the Republicans are so afraid of Hillary winning that they have been using the open primaries as to support Barrak Obama just to get her out of the race. Are we so blind as to believe that American has changed so much that all of a sudden a Black man ranks higher than a white female. Well I know you are not blind as to whats happening with the immigration situation and how the Republicans are proposing to handle it. Barrak make your back strong, because you ain’t going to be President. Not in this country who plays politics with peoples lives.
Do you really think prominent Democrats would come out and endorse Senator Obama if they thought he wan’t electable? Don’t you think they would endorse Senator Clinton under that premise? Are the Kennedys also uneducated about national politics?
Thinking cap..excellent way to put it in perspective…..we need to support Obama, McCain doesn’t represent the future.
Politics incorporates many factors. Emotion, ability and even a little bit of mysticism. But nothing is more important in politics than MATH! And Barack has the got the numbers baby!
The holy trinity for a political campaign is: Money, Momentum, and Math. He’s got a HUGE war chest of cash available, and the ability to raise more if needed. He’s got hourly media coverage on every major national and international news feed. But most importantly, he’s got the numbers baby!
Do the math. Barack gets more votes per state than both McCain and Huckabee combined. He’s already registered 19 million new voters to the democratic party. The party nomination and presidential election is Barack’s to lose.
On November 5th, I plan to purchase two round trip tickets to Washington D.C. to be present and to witness the inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama.
Peace-Out!
And in January I’ll be attending a new swearing in for a new delegate….
I think it is her personal right to vote for Clinton, but there are consequences!
Though I would love to see Senator Obama in the White House, I wonder what kind of respect or confidence he would have for our Deligate, who has been supported by Senator Clinton for the years they have been in Congress,only to turn to support him because of his popularity with the people. Loyalty has it’s place, some thing that is sorely lacking in the Virgin Islands. Too many politicians flip flop just because it equals votes.
Like it or not, I support the Deligates rights to vote her conscience. To do otherwise is a sure sign of weak leadership.
By the way, did’nt the registered Democrats of the U.S. V.I. have an opportunity to vote for Senator Obama? I wonder how many who are trying to force the Deligate’s hand even bothered to come out for that historical event?
The congresswoman’s constituency elected her to represent them in congress, a job I believe she has done well. We did not elect her to be a delegate at the Democratic Party Convention – that is a position she is grant by virtue of her position within the Democratic Party.
The delegates selected by party members in the primary in the territory should feel obligated to vote according to the wishes of the party members who selected them to go to the convention.
Superdelegates were created by the party specifically for this type of election. They are sent to the convention to represent the Party, not their friends, relatives, or constituents back home. It is their job to nominate the candidate they feel will be in the best interest of the Party, regardless of popular consent, when the race is too close to call by regular delegates.
While I may not agree with her choice, I respect her integrity for sticking with the candidate she feels is best.
well according to yesterdays polls, clinton leads mccain by 9%,obama and mccain are tied,so why would our delegate use her vote not to defeat mccain in the general election, it is no longer about obama vs clinton it’s about who can beat mccain, take the emotion out of your arguments and stick to the cold hard facts. she would be wasting her vote.
the same way i respect everyone that supported sen.barack is the same way i feel about our deligate support of sen.clinton.did ted kennedy supported the choice of the state he represents? leave our deligate alone and elect senators that realy cares about the virgin islands and it’s people. keep up the good work deligate christiansen.
nuff respect.
She,a waste