Pelosi: "I don't think it was ever intended that SDs would overturn the...decision of the Am people"

[jefferson_dem]

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who is neutral in the race, said she hopes one or the other of the rivals emerges as the clear winner through the primaries and caucuses.

"I don't think it was ever intended that superdelegates would overturn the verdict, the decision of the American people," she said Thursday.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1713596,00.html

[islandmkl]

1. No...that's my f****** job and I'm doing a fine job of it, thank you.

Forget 2006..."...the decision of the American people" my ass. Get rid of her and Harry and give us back our voices.

[Political Heretic]

2. Ouch. Sad but true. :(

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Uh, not really.

It was, we just weren't supposed to find out about it.

[Yael]

10. Thats pretty much it right there

[boston bean]

4. throw in speaker of the house instead of superdelegates and you know she's a liar. nt

[Flabbergasted]

5. Then why do we need SD?

[Eric J in MN]

13. I'm against the superdelegate system, but the whole point of it,

...is that the superdelegates can vote for the candidate with fewer regular delegates.

Otherwise, as you imply, they don't do anything.

[Major Hogwash]

6. As soon as Hillary throws in the towel, we won't need to worry about the SD's.

I think that Pelosi should remain neutral as long as possible to keep her neutrality intact.

Because her credibility is certainly cracking up into a million pieces.

[Bucky]

7. True, but...

This race is so close... I can't see how we can yet say the Democrats have united behind Obama. If Clinton nails down Ohio and Texas, I think it's fair to call this race a draw. If that's the case, certainly the Supers and the Edwards delegates have every right to form coalitions and cut deals---which is the whole point of having a convention in the first place.

[AlertLurker]

8. There may be a LOT of personal politics involved.

Quite a few of these SuperDelegates are going to need help winning their own seats...they are nearly all political animals, at heart.

Another point - since when has Pelosi known her ass from a hole in the ground?

[mcscajun]

9. It may or may not have been intended, but it's certainly happened before.

With unfortunate results in some cases.

[lachattefolle]

11. Umm, since when does Speaker Pelosi care about what the people

want? If she did, she'd have initiated impeachment proceedings a long time ago.

[Yossariant]

12. What's off the table, Nancy? I hope Sheehan wins your seat.

Thanks for your considered judgment.

:puke:

[jefferson_dem]

14. MORE --- Pelosi: Don't overrule the voters

Pelosi: Don't overrule the voters

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- who may be the most super delegate of all as chair of the Democratic national convention in Denver -- gave an interview with Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt in which she laid down the law for super delegates:

Don't veto the people's choice.

"I think there is a concern when the public speaks and there is a counter-decision made to that," she said, adding quickly, "I don't think that will happen."

She said the governors, lawmakers, DNC members and others picked as super delegates are chosen through a grassroots process and are accountable to the party's voters.

"I do think that they have a respect -- it's not just following the returns, it's also having a respect for what has been said by the people," Pelosi said. "It would be a problem for the party if the verdict would be something different than the public has decided."

That message will be music to the ears of Barack Obama, who's building a lead in pledged delegates and is urging the super delegates to follow the voters. He now leads 1,133 to 996 in pledged delegates, while Hillary Clinton has a 242-163 edge among super delegates, according to the latest tally by RealClearPolitics. Obama holds the overall edge, 1296-1238.

Pelosi had one more stunner in the interview: She said the Florida and Michigan delegates should not be seated if those delegates would decide the nomination.

"Well, I don't think that any states that operated outside the rules of the party can be dispositive of who the nominee is. That is to say they can't make the difference because then we would have no rules," she said.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=14

[Tropics_Dude83]

15. Nancy Pelosi: I love you and always have n/t

[Tropics_Dude83]

16. I get accused of being a freeper but yet DU is silent when...

Someone suggests throwing out the leader of the democrats and replacing her with Cindy Sheehan. What kind of BS is that.