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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. Thanks,
Noah
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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."
_ (http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=457)
(http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=458)
_Sign the petition_
(http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=459) 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_
(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_
(http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=461)
(http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=462)
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_ (http://www.democracyforamerica.com/votersdecide) .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_
(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_
(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/_
(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_
(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_
(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_
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3398&id=12139-834955-v9eShy&t=466)
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