Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is reportedly laying claim to a fifth of the delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination, months before a single primary vote is even cast.
Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin appeared Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to report on purported conversations between Clinton’s senior advisers and delegates at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Minnesota. Advisers informed Democrats that Clinton already has a fifth of the delegates she needs to lock up the party’s nomination, according to Halperin.
Clinton’s campaign reportedly boasted that more than 440 superdelegates have committed to the candidate, according to Halperin. Bloomberg Politics later clarified that the campaign said 130 superdelegates publicly stated their support for Clinton while the rest expressed their commitment privately, citing a person familiar with the conversations at the DNC meeting.
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She’s trying to shock and awe Biden, despite her silvery tongued blarney about adoring him.
Subtext is “Forget it, Joe. You’re awesome, but it’s a fool’s errand.”
(In my best Mexican accent)
“Then, Senora…when will they be released?”
Seriously…
I second the first post…
Hillary is doing exactly the things she needs to do to win the nomination. I’m sure she will be criticized for that for some reason.
Though its Halperin.
Dear Clinton Campaign
Thank you.
The math is off here.
If these 440 superdelegates are “more than 50 percent of those needed to secure the nomination”, then that’s a minimum of 25% of the delegates.
So she’s locked up more than 1 in 4, not one in 5.
(My complaint is with the writer’s math, not Halperin or Hillary.)