Obama Gov. Rod Blagojevich (IL)Sen. Barack Obama (IL)Sen. Dick Durbin (IL)Rep. Melissa Bean (IL)Rep. Jerry Costello (IL)Rep. Danny Davis (IL)Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL)Rep. Phil Hare (IL)Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (IL)Rep. Bobby Rush (IL)Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL)DNC Constance Howard (IL)DNC Margaret Blackshere (IL)DNC Hon. Emil Jones Jr. (IL)DNC Hon. Iris Martinez (IL)DNC Tom Hynes (IL)DNC Willie Barrow (IL)DNC Michael Madigan (IL) Clinton DNC John Rednour (IL) Uncommitted Representatives: Dan Lipinski (IL) Rahm Emanuel (IL) DNC Members: Hon. Carol Ronen Hon. Darlena Williams-Burnett Members-At-Large: Steve Powell (IL) Edward Smith (IL) Former DNC Chairmen: David Wilhelm (IL) Nat'l Dem. County Officials: Hon. Margie Woods (IL)
Clinton DNC John Rednour (IL)
Uncommitted Representatives: Dan Lipinski (IL) Rahm Emanuel (IL)
DNC Members: Hon. Carol Ronen Hon. Darlena Williams-Burnett
Members-At-Large: Steve Powell (IL) Edward Smith (IL)
Former DNC Chairmen: David Wilhelm (IL)
Nat'l Dem. County Officials: Hon. Margie Woods (IL)
Interesting how Emanuel and Lipinski are the only two who haven't committed. Political leadership at it's finest.
Update: Added more uncommitted missed in the list on first read. Hat tip to bored now.
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Emanuel must be in a dither, which strong ties to both of them. Who knows where he'll break .... probably with whoever looks most likely to win at the end. If there's no likely winner, he'll probably keep his undecided posture until the convention.
Is that a complete list? Aren't there more DNC members in this state? Do only a percentage of them become superdelegates?
DNC Members Hon. Carol Ronen Hon. Darlena Williams-Burnett
Members AtLarge Steve Powell (IL) Edward Smith (IL)
Former DNC Chairmen David Wilhelm (IL)
Nat'l Dem. County Officials Hon. Margie Woods (IL)
i would suspect that wilhelm would vote for clinton.
also, aside from the delegates on the ballot tuesday and these superdelegates named herein, there are pleo's -- pledged elected official delegates (there are 20 of these) -- and at large delegates (there are 33 of these) which won't be decided until may 5th... "We have a lot of kids on the ground acting like adults and we have a lot of adults in this room acting like kids," President Obama told his advisors about all the infighting
how would we go about this? would national DFA help lead the effort? William J Maggos
The Democratic Party has been criticized [2][10] for conducting its nominating process in a non-democratic fashion, since superdelegates are generally chosen without regard to their preferences in the presidential race and are not obligated to support the candidate chosen by the voters. There have been repeated calls to eliminate the superdelegates from the nomination process to more accurately reflect the popular vote. Percentage wise, 0.000007% of the voting population has 19.6% voting power in the 2008 Democratic Primary.
After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party implemented changes in its delegate selection process, based on the work of the McGovern-Fraser Commission. The purpose of the changes was to make the composition of the convention less subject to control by party leaders and more responsive to the votes cast during the campaign for the nomination. These comprehensive changes left some Democrats believing that the role of party leaders and elected officials had been unduly diminished, weakening the Democratic ticket. In response, the superdelegate rule was instituted after the 1980 election. Its purpose was to accord a greater role to active politicians.[2]
These comprehensive changes left some Democrats believing that the role of party leaders and elected officials had been unduly diminished, weakening the Democratic ticket. In response, the superdelegate rule was instituted after the 1980 election. Its purpose was to accord a greater role to active politicians.[2]
The creation of these elite delegates after the 1980 election was one in a series of moves by the Democrats to moderate the impact of party reforms of the 1970's. The changes had the effect of diluting the power of elected officials to influence the party's choice of a nominee, and this, in the eyes of many politicians, helped lead the Democrats to defeat.
I don't have the 9th congressional breakdown here (I suspect bored can put his hands on it), but I'm guessing that the 9th CD went HEAVILY for Obama and, since the 9th is most likely the most predominantly LGBT district in the state, it seems as though holding out at this point for that reason, if bored really guesses right about my committeeman's reasoning, doesn't seem to be representing her constituencies, in whole, or in part.
i'm not trying to be argumentative (in this situation), but i do think we need to look at this from all possible perspectives. it is possible that, if ronen is truly uncommitted, that she could serve as an honest broker between barack and stonewall democrats. a friend of mine, who was formerly with national gay and lesbian task force, argues that such a mediary is necessary. in that case, she would be serving both constituencies... "We have a lot of kids on the ground acting like adults and we have a lot of adults in this room acting like kids," President Obama told his advisors about all the infighting
I know that when I chose delegates to fill an unfilled slate to the Democratic National Convention that we had directions to take in to account all sorts of factors, including LGBT, to ensure diversity. Of course, finding LGBT supporters wasn't so hard in that case, considering Paul Tsongas' record vs. Bill Clinton's, at that time.
I leave the argument about whether Barack supports the LGBT agenda to his out slate members, who can make the case better than I can. As a double constituent, I still want to know what Carol's reasoning is.
it's funny, though. after i wrote that, i thought, i should take the camera and go ask her... "We have a lot of kids on the ground acting like adults and we have a lot of adults in this room acting like kids," President Obama told his advisors about all the infighting
Obama's presidential campaign has scheduled a 1 p.m. endorsement conference call from Ohio, where Wilhelm was raised and now works as a venture capitalist.
so how come he's listed as an illinois delegate? illinois has a set number, seems if he were added to ohio's delegates, we'd have another... "We have a lot of kids on the ground acting like adults and we have a lot of adults in this room acting like kids," President Obama told his advisors about all the infighting
