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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 10:49 AM Apr 2016

Denver Post uncovers that Democratic Party told Hillary Clinton's campaign, but not Bernie's

Colorado Democrats admit mistake that cost Bernie Sanders key delegate
Denver Post uncovers that Democratic Party told Hillary Clinton's campaign about caucus counting mistake, but kept public and Bernie Sanders camp in the dark
http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_29755029/colorado-democrats-admit-mistake-that-cost-bernie-sanders

Bernie Sanders won one more delegate in Colorado than first projected after the Colorado Democratic Party admitted this week that it misreported the March 1 caucus results from 10 precinct locations.

The error — first uncovered by The Denver Post — was shared with rival Hillary Clinton's campaign by party officials but kept from Sanders until the Post told his staff Monday night.

The mistake is a minor shift with major implications. The new projection now shows the Vermont senator winning 39 delegates in Colorado, compared to 27 for Clinton.

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Asked why he told one campaign and not the other, Palacio said "it didn't necessarily affect (them). It was our mistake that ended up affecting the estimation on Hillary's campaign."

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Denver Post uncovers that Democratic Party told Hillary Clinton's campaign, but not Bernie's (Original Post) cal04 Apr 2016 OP
What a slimy campaign season. artislife Apr 2016 #1
Not a dime's worth of difference. frylock Apr 2016 #6
At least the State D Party came clean. KPN Apr 2016 #2
They came clean enlightenment Apr 2016 #10
Exactly. And they kept the info from both the public and the Sanders campaign. suffragette Apr 2016 #13
Christ EdwardBernays Apr 2016 #3
this has been known, the map, etc. ViseGrip Apr 2016 #4
I noticed an answer that is complete and utter horse shit Dragonfli Apr 2016 #5
Clearly only one candidate really counts in this race. FourScore Apr 2016 #7
And we're being told by some to "get used to it". Duval Apr 2016 #12
Colorado "mistake: 3hummingbirds Apr 2016 #9
There are too many people felix_numinous Apr 2016 #8
ugly isn't it? eom Karma13612 Apr 2016 #15
“The deep state is written into the DNA....... Ichingcarpenter Apr 2016 #11
^ Wilms Apr 2016 #14
 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
1. What a slimy campaign season.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 10:52 AM
Apr 2016

What have we learned?

The the dems and reps are pretty much on par in regards to voting access and rights. The veils are lifted.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
2. At least the State D Party came clean.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 10:54 AM
Apr 2016

They didn't tell Bernie's campaign because they didn't want to be the harbinger of good news for Bernie. They just couldn't bring themselves to do that.

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)
10. They came clean
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 11:25 AM
Apr 2016
after the Denver Post told the Sanders campaign. They were caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
13. Exactly. And they kept the info from both the public and the Sanders campaign.
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:55 PM
Apr 2016

This is some slimy stuff.

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
3. Christ
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 10:56 AM
Apr 2016

It really makes you think that the DNC will stop at nothing to get Hillary the nomination. Literally nothing.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
5. I noticed an answer that is complete and utter horse shit
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 11:04 AM
Apr 2016

"it didn't necessarily affect (them). It was our mistake that ended up affecting the estimation on Hillary's campaign."

What a blatantly stupid and disingenuous answer, It affected both campaigns to the same degree regarding "estimations" and delegates.

Just how stupid does that spokesperson think we are?

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
12. And we're being told by some to "get used to it".
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:16 PM
Apr 2016

Get used to Hillary being the nominee? NOPE! We're going all the way with Bernie!

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
11. “The deep state is written into the DNA.......
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 11:46 AM
Apr 2016

“The deep state is written into the DNA of the Democratic Party,” Dr. Jill Stein

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eoin-higgins/an-interview-with-dr-jill-stein_b_9456614.html

Well after reading about this Colorado Democratic Party 'mistake' It made me think about Dr. Jill Stein's remarks, that reaffirms ......One of the predominant themes of the 2016 presidential campaign thus far — and one that is unlikely to lose significance once the primaries give way to the general election — is the American people’s exasperation with a political system they see as corrupt, self-serving, disingenuous and out of touch.

It is not an especially partisan or ideological sentiment; you can just as easily find it among supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders as among fans of Donald Trump. the Deep State has insinuated itself throughout the fabric of what once was America. Its tendrils reach from Washington down to every part of civil society. Like a metastasized cancer, it can no longer be easily eradicated.

Something is very wrong and many Americans know it as do almost all Bernie supporters like ourselves. What I’ve always noticed is that when you start scratching the surface of someone’s worldview you find very quickly that they, just as you, have an understanding that there’s something not right with the world around us. Not everyone has the motivation or the education or the background to kind of dive into this like a madman obsessed with getting to the truth, but they know. They feel it in their bones. There’s something wrong, desperately wrong, with the state of the world,

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