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Sent: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:26 am
Subject: Momentum on superdelegates
Dear MoveOn member,
Wow. With your help, we've smashed the 200,000-person goal we set for our
petition calling on the superdelegates to listen to the voters in the Democratic primary.
CNN and the New York Times have already featured our petition. And we're about to
run a full-page ad in USA Today with the total number of people who signed.
The ad deadline is the end of the day. Can you help us
reach 300,000 signatures? Invite your friends by forwarding this email. The original email is below for more information.Â
Thanks,
Noah
Clicking
here will add your name:
"The Democratic Party must be democratic. The superdelegates should let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama,
then support the people's choice."
Sign the petition
Dear MoveOn member,
You've probably heard about the "superdelegates" who could end up deciding the Democratic nominee.1
The superdelegates are under lots of pressure right now to come out for one candidate or the other.2 We urgently
need to encourage them to let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama—and then to support the will of the people.
Can you sign this petition to the superdelegates right away? Click here to add your
name:
http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=460
If we can reach 200,000 signatures this week, we'll publish the petition along with the final number of signers as an ad
in USA Today. If you're one of the first people to sign, we'll include your name
(with your permission).
The petition says:
"The Democratic Party must be democratic. The superdelegates should let the voters
decide between Clinton and Obama, then support the people's choice."
Please forward this email to 5 friends today so we can hit 200,000 signatures by Friday.
Who are the superdelegates? Most of them aren't elected—they're state party chairs,
retired politicians, and Democratic insiders. They control 40% of the
votes needed to win the nomination.3 The reason they exist: to make sure the party establishment approves of the
nominee.
But even some superdelegates have started questioning whether they should be the ones to make the final call: Donna Brazile,
who ran Al Gore's presidential
campaign and is neutral in the race, says the superdelegates "should reflect the will of the people." She threatened
to quit her position within the Democratic Party if the superdelegates decide the primary outcome.4
And in a New York Times op-ed, Walter Mondale's former delegate counter writes:
The superdelegates were never intended to be part of the dash from Iowa
to Super Tuesday and beyond. They should resist the impulse and
pressure to decide the nomination before the voters have had their say.5
The superdelegates could ignore the will of the voters and pick whichever nominee
they want, embroiling the entire convention in an
ugly fight.6
Superdelegates aren't used to hearing from concerned voters. If enough of us sign this petition, we can urge them to side
with whichever candidate—Clinton or Obama—has the most support from voters.
This is about democracy, pure and simple. Whoever you support, we can all agree the Democratic nominee should be decided
by Democratic voters.
Please sign this petition. Click here to
add your name:
http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=461
In the long run, the Democratic Party needs to reconsider this
undemocratic system, but for this election, we need the superdelegates
to do the right thing.
Thank you for all you do.
–Noah, Tanya, Carrie, Laura, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
  Friday, February 15th, 2008
P.S. Our friends at Democracy for America have launched a similar petition they're going to deliver directly to the superdelegates.
You can sign that one here.
Sources:
1. "Obama's Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign," New York Times,
February 14, 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3425&id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=463
2. "Neck and Neck, Democrats Woo Superdelegates," New York Times, February
10, 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3419&id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=464
3. "What role for Democratic 'super-delegates'?" MSNBC, April 26, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18277678/
4. "Brazile: I'll Quit DNC Position Over Superdelegates," NPR, February 11, 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3413&id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=465
5. "Superdelegates, Back Off," New York Times, February 10, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/opinion/10devine.html
6. "Convention Chaos Theory," TPM Cafe, February 5, 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3398&id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=466
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