[The Politico]
Politico is reporting that Brendan Daly, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), responded late Wednesday night to a letter by twenty supporters of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, including San Francisco Democratic activist Susie Tompkins Buell , urging his boss to stop making comments about the super-delegates automatically selecting the Democratic presidential nominee based on the pledged delegate count alone:
We interpret Speaker Pelosi’s response differently that Politico, however.
Rather than “standing up to” to letter’s signatories, Speaker Pelosi explicitly states that the super-delegate vote should be based on a number of considerations, with the accumulated pledged delegate vote count being only one of them. In our view, Speaker Pelosi has gotten the message.
Second, we respectfully disagree with Daly’s assertion that this has been Speaker Pelosi’s position throughout this primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any particular point in delegates or votes.”
It was not until the pledged delegate count reached a mathematical impasse—albeit with Barack Obama holding a slight but insurmountable lead in the delegate count—that this even became an issue, or that Ms. Pelosi spoke out publicly in this issue.
In addition, Speaker Pelosi’s dislike of the Clinton’s is well known, and the implication of her previous statements—as favoring the Obama camp—undeniable.
Politico is reporting that Brendan Daly, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), responded late Wednesday night to a letter by twenty supporters of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, including San Francisco Democratic activist Susie Tompkins Buell , urging his boss to stop making comments about the super-delegates automatically selecting the Democratic presidential nominee based on the pledged delegate count alone:
“Speaker Pelosi is confident that superdelegates will choose between Sens. Clinton or Obama — our two strong candidates — before the convention in August," Daly said. "That choice will be based on many considerations, including respecting the decisions of millions of americans who have voted in primaries and participated in caucuses. The speaker believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of the voters. This has been her position throughout this primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any particular point in delegates or votes.”
We interpret Speaker Pelosi’s response differently that Politico, however.
Rather than “standing up to” to letter’s signatories, Speaker Pelosi explicitly states that the super-delegate vote should be based on a number of considerations, with the accumulated pledged delegate vote count being only one of them. In our view, Speaker Pelosi has gotten the message.
Second, we respectfully disagree with Daly’s assertion that this has been Speaker Pelosi’s position throughout this primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any particular point in delegates or votes.”
It was not until the pledged delegate count reached a mathematical impasse—albeit with Barack Obama holding a slight but insurmountable lead in the delegate count—that this even became an issue, or that Ms. Pelosi spoke out publicly in this issue.
In addition, Speaker Pelosi’s dislike of the Clinton’s is well known, and the implication of her previous statements—as favoring the Obama camp—undeniable.
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