Indiana Superdelegates

Indiana has 11 or 12 superdelegates but whose counting? me. So far Obama has one superdelegate from Indiana:

Cordelia Lewis-Burks, the vice chairwoman of the state Democratic party is a Obama supporter.

So far, five superdelegates are committed to Clinton, one is for Obama, and the rest are undeclared:

Bayh has endorses Clinton but will say flowery things about Obama to stay in good grace with the Democratic African-American voters in the great State of Indiana. And the African-Americans voters of Indiana will not demand more.sigh.

Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh Endorses Clinton
Bayh Will Serve As National Campaign Co-Chair
The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsement of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and named him a national Campaign Co-Chair.

"Hillary Clinton is a seasoned, experienced leader who will be ready to lead this country on Day One," Bayh said. "She will run the kind of campaign and administration that will appeal to all corners of America, emphasizing national security and middle class economic progress."

Sens. Bayh and Clinton are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and have traveled together to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and met with the Presidents of those countries.

First elected to the Senate in 1998, Sen. Bayh has earned a reputation as a bipartisan problem solver, committed to strengthening our national security, growing small businesses to create new jobs and encouraging responsible fatherhood.


Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker,Phoebe Crane, DNC Member
Bob Pastrick, DNC Member, Joe Andrews,

Indiana Democratic Leaders Endorse Clinton
The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsements of Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker and 16 other leading party officials.

“Indiana is ready for change, and Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to deliver it,” Parker said.

“Hillary is uniquely qualified to hit the ground running on her first day in office and begin tackling the challenges we face at home and abroad,” said Democratic National Committee Member Phoebe Crane.

“Hillary’s impressive record of working across the aisle to get things done is the kind of consensus-building leadership we need to provide quality, affordable health care for every American and move our nation towards energy independence,” said Democratic National Committee Member Bob Pastrick.

“I am grateful for the overwhelming support I’ve received in Indiana,” Clinton said. “With the help of these local leaders, we’ll take our message of change across the state and this nation.”

INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS ENDORSING HILLARY TODAY:


Dan Parker, Chairman, Indiana Democratic Party

Dora May Abel, Indiana Democratic Party Deputy Chair
Linda Buzinec, Indiana Democratic Party Treasurer
Butch Morgan, 2nd District Chair
Michelle Livinghouse, 2nd District Vice Chair
Steve Haines, 3rd District Chair
Marjorie Warnick, 3rd District Vice Chair
Jeff Fites, 4th District Chair
J.D. Lux, 5th District Chair
Jan Ellis, 5th District Vice Chair
Tom O’Donnell, 7th District Vice Chair
Anthony Long, 8th District Chair
Mary Lou Terrell, 8th District Vice Chair
Kevin Murray, Indiana Democratic Party Parliamentarian
Marty Titsworth Chandler, Indiana Democratic Party Legal Counsel

How Long? Not Long..John Lewis

John Lewis has switched. Lewis has heard the voices of the people and now suppots Barack Obama instead of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Lewis, a foot soldier of the civil right movement, could not avoid the freedom train of change.

According to the New York Times:

“In recent days, there is a sense of movement and a sense of spirit,” said Mr. Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who endorsed Mrs. Clinton last fall. “Something is happening in America and people are prepared and ready to make that great leap.”


Welcome aboard the freedom train:

The freedom train is coming, can't you hear the whistle blowing
Its time get your ticket and get on board
Its time for all the people to take this freedom ride
Get it together and work for freedom side by side

I'm gonna ride on the freedom train
I ain't gonna live this way again
I'm gonna get on the freedom train
from this day on I'll be a free man (yes I will I'll be a free man)

Seem like the times are changing people
The trains waiting at the station
go on up to the mountain top and get on board
Were gonna ride on through the valley
Under the clear blue sky
Everybody's gonna stand up proud with their heads held high

I'm gonna ride on the freedom train
I ain't gonna live this way again
I'm gonna get on the freedom train
from this day on I'll be a free man (yes I will I'll be a free man)

Keep on moving, Cast your vote
Tell 'em where to get off ,Keep on Going
We're gonna see the mountains, Keep on going
Gotta get your ticket,The Freedom Train

Superdelegates matters, Obama now, We can't Wait four more years,

This post comes from BlackPerspective. net.Yobachi breaks down the voting process for the Democrats nominee:

"If you’ve been following the news for the last week, by now you should know about “superdelegates”. I first wrote about them back in early January after the New Hampshire primary, and how in that case they gave Obama an actual win when he and Clinton tied in voter delegates.

But let’s recap so that everyone understands what we’re talking about. Determining the party’s nominee is not decided by the overall popular vote from the primaries. State by state delegates are assigned to each candidate depending on percentage of votes, and this is decided based on congressional district for the democrats as far as I understand it.

To become the Democratic nominee you have to win 2025 delegates. But, on top of the delegates that are earned from voting in the primaries and caucuses, there is this group of people called super delegates. Super delegates are simply individuals who are party officials who are handed a delegate that is equal to the delegates earned in the voting. These folks include Congressmen, ex-presidents, some governors and mayors, and simple state party officials.

For example, in New Hampshire, 8 out to the 30 delegates were super delegates. That means 8 individual people made up 26% of the total vote by themselves. That’s right, it’s rigged.

Right now Hillary Clinton has a total delegate count of 1,148, with Obama closing fast, up to 1,121 after sweeping 4 primaries and caucuses this weekend. Clinton receives 924 from primary and caucus votes or what are called “pledged delegates”, and the other 224 are from super delegates. Obama takes 986 of his votes from pledged delegates and 135 from super delegates. So Barack Obama has to date actually won the voting and earned more delegates from the voters; yet, Hillary Clinton is in the lead!

THEY’RE STEALING THE ELECTION Y’ALL, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

Hillary is receiving support from 63 percent of the super delegates to Barack’s 37 percent. That’s an almost 2 to 1 split. If you take away the super delegates Barack would lead by 62 delegates, but because of the entrenched party machine folks favoring Hillary, she instead leads by 27. That’s an almost 90 point turn around.

It’s really simple here. Hillary Clinton is the entrenched party candidate. She’s worked for Congress since the 1970s; her husband was head of the Democratic Leadership Council; then they were in the white house for 8 years; now she’s been a Senator for 8 years.

The whole apparatus of the Democratic Party has loyalties to them. They’ve raised money for these folks to win, campaigned for them successfully; made back room deals with them for years, even decades. And the Clinton business interest can be a luring attraction to these folks who want to make big money on the side. Plus the Clintons are known for selling ambassadorships, cabinet positions, and even the Lincoln bedroom in the White House to their allies and friends. And these slick ass politicians who are the super delegates, these party bosses want part of that action.

The political bosses have the fix in. This is how it’s going to go. Obama is going to win the majority of delegates tonight, and may even sweep like he did this weekend, catapulting him further ahead in the pledged delegate count of the voters. Obama will win the voter delegates and be right on the cusp of the nomination; except, the party bosses will support Hillary, putting her over the top. The Democratic political machine will hand the election to Clinton in defiance of the voters and will of the party rank and file. They will steal this election from the voters the same way these same people complain about republicans stealing elections.

And if some how that doesn’t quite work, the folks that run the party will then seat the Florida and Michigan delegates that Clinton won overwhelming because Obama didn’t campaign there as agreed, due to those two states violating the Democratic National Committee rules on when they hold their primaries. That will give Clinton a net gain to put her over the top if it is close.

Either way, the Democratic Party Machine has politricks to make sure their patron gets elected.

The voters of the democratic primary and party members must demand that super delegates suspend their role, and not cast votes at the convention; letting the will of the people stand. For the voters to vote one way, then to have the party machine come behind them and hand the nomination to someone else is undemocratic. The people should not stand for this. Call the DNC and call on the Super Delegates to pledge to refrain from stealing this election!
If you still need help understanding the whole delegate thing, CNN has a graphic and more explanation.

Fannie Lou Hamer-Sick and Tired and Uncompromising

Fannie Lou Hamer fought for representation of the African-American voters of Mississippi within the Democrat Party. Hamer was beaten and lost her job when she decided to stand up for what she believed in, the right to vote. Hamer lead a group of African-Americans, belonging to the Mississippi Freedom Democrats Party, to become delegates to the Democratic Convention floor to represents African-Americans. that would cause President Lyndon Johnson felt so threaten by the action of Hamer that he called a press conference to block out the power of this woman.

Hamer, the voice of the Mississippi civil right struggle was famous for the words I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.


"We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired."

"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."



Some in the Afrosphere is suggesting that Obama is getting the same type of treatment from the superdelegates that Hamer received from the late President Johnson. The same discussion is now taking place with other bloggers such as Cuba Journal and within the Democratic Party.

"The job of putting a candidate over the top would then fall to superdelegates -- the nearly 800 party leaders who can cast ballots for the candidate of their choice.

Asked whether she would be troubled by a brokered Democratic convention in which superdelegates would determine the party's nominee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her party's system.

"These superdelegates are all part of their state delegation, so that state will speak," Pelosi said. The superdelegates "work out their preference, working with the people of their state."

Superdelegates were established, Pelosi explained, to allow grass-roots Democratic activists to attend the nominating convention without having to compete with high-ranking Democratic party officials for a coveted spot on the convention floor.


'So, again, I don't think that members of Congress, governors and senators are not attuned to what's happening in their states and in their districts,' Pelosi said."

Donna Brazile is threatening to leave the Democratic Party if it is left up to the Superdelegate to determine the nominee.

"CNN political analyst Donna Brazile railed against the scenario.

"If 795 of my colleagues decide this election, I will quit the Democratic Party. I feel very strongly about this," Brazile said.

And Hilliary is battling for certain delegates to be seated on the floor.

The second fight is likely to be over seating delegates from Michigan and Florida. The Democratic Party has already voted not to seat their delegates because they held early primaries.

Clinton won both contests, and she wants those delegates seated.