Calling all Superdelegates – Your wisdom needed to avert potential disaster.
Submitted by Nick Kelly on February 10, 2008 - 4:46pm.
Florida | Michigan | Superdelegates | Democratic politics
Here we are, my fellow Democrats (and friends who are reading this), on a hugely important mission to change the disastrous course we have been following for the past 7, soon to be 8, years, and we haven’t yet quite made up our minds as to which of our talented Democrats should be piloting our course home.
'Denver, we have a problem….'
Denver, if we don’t get this piloting disagreement decided pretty soon, I’m afraid it’s going to be up to you to bring us home safely. And if you don’t bring us home before disaster strikes and our shuttle is split in two, we could lose our great opportunity to take command of Washington and set our nation’s ship of state onto its rightful course.
I, for one, am certain you will find a way to help us solve this problem, because you are the best and the brightest that we have. Moreover, many of you have been involved in this effort for quite a long time, so I’m sure you know your stuff.
By now you’ve all looked at the data, and you all can see the problem.
Sure, there are lots of pilot-specific factors that affect this; and we could discuss those practically forever; but right now I’m still part of the crew trying to gain control of the shuttle, and frankly, I don’t really have time for that just now. I know that you’re really busy too, so let’s just summarize the problem and try to come up with solutions while the pilot-specific data keeps coming in.
First of all, we all realize that we might not even be in this situation if not for those Republicans in the Florida state legislature who moved our Democratic primary date in violation of Democratic Party rules. If they had left well enough alone, it seems likely that Florida Democrats would have helped a lot in deciding which of our leaders should become our new pilot. I say that because one of our leaders didn’t campaign in Florida and won there, while the other leader did campaign via television ads in Florida and still got soundly defeated. The situation was somewhat different in Michigan, where some Democrats in the legislature went along with the Republicans, but the outcome there was the same. However, as we all know, in any contest, rules are rules; and no matter how smart we may or may not have been in devising them, it’s very important to every democrat, that we do our best to follow them.
The trouble is - we all know that there are some Florida and Michigan Democrats who will think it extremely unfair of us to exclude their votes in choosing our pilot. And as you will certainly remember, Florida and Michigan are both very important to us once we nominate our chosen pilot to become the next commander in chief of our ship of state. It ought to go without saying, then, that we need to do something creative to make certain that Florida and Michigan voters feel that their votes do make a difference to the Democratic Party. We shouldn’t risk losing even one of them, because in the Electoral College, that one disgruntled Florida or Michigan Democrat might make all the difference.
That’s where you come in. According to our rules, you are free to support whichever pilot you wish, and that is as it should be out of respect for your wisdom and your knowledge. As you make your decisions regarding which pilot to support, I don’t know how you will decide to resolve this Florida and Michigan dilemma; but resolve it you must, unless you feel comfortable possibly conceding one or both of those states to the Republicans in November.
Maybe you’ve already figured out how you’re going to resolve this. If so, fine. But just in case you haven’t, please allow me to make a suggestion. Now, I’m no Superdelegate, so I may be completely off base suggesting this; but I am a county and a district delegate currently hanging on for dear life up here on the Democratic shuttle that could break in two, so I hope you’ll indulge me a little.
According to Democratic Party figures, Florida and Michigan together would normally be permitted to seat 366 voting delegates. That’s nearly as many as the 370 pledged delegates that California gets to seat! Now, 38 of those 366 are Superdelegates, just like you – however, like the rest of the FL and MI delegations, those 38 don’t get to vote, mainly because of what the Republicans did in Florida as I explained above. Some of them already publicly support one or the other of our potential pilots, and I’ll bet they feel pretty lousy that those Florida Republicans made it impossible for their vote to count. How would you feel if Florida Republicans took away your Superdelegate vote? Think about that for a minute and, I’ll bet you can better understand why the average Florida and Michigan Democrat will feel robbed if we don’t get this fixed. And unfortunately for our pilot, especially if he is the one who lost in Florida and Michigan, many of them will feel robbed by us instead of by the Republicans. We really mustn’t let that happen.
By sheer coincidence, there are currently almost the same number of undeclared Superdelegates still available (372) as there are Michigan and Florida delegates who, according to our rules, won’t be permitted to vote at the convention in Denver (366).
So, here’s my proposal. I know that it’s a practical and political impossibility for any group of you to try herding all the other Superdelegates into supporting any particular solution. If that were possible, I would propose that you all agree to divide yourselves into two camps that were directly proportionate to the Florida and Michigan results. That way, each of our competing pilots would be most fairly represented at the convention in Denver. However, since that is not practical or politically possible, please allow me to suggest a second best alternative.
Those of you who become convinced that any one pilot is clearly preferable to the other should vote your considered wisdom on that matter, as you always have. And I recommend that those of you who find it very difficult to choose should factor those Florida and Michigan results into your thinking. Let those Florida and Michigan voters know that you considered their voices when you cast your vote. If enough of you will do that, I fully expect that we can return this shuttle to the launching pad in one piece, and together we can right the course of our ship of state next November.
'Roger, Denver. Thanks for everyone's help and ideas. We can do this, together. Signing off now, to conserve our oxygen for the rest of the flight.'
Super-delegates in this list from Michigan and Florida do not count toward the nomination at this time.
Clinton
DNC Patti Higgins (AK)
DNC Joe Reed (AL)
Gov. Tagiola Tulafono (AS)
DNC Fagafaga Langkilde (AS)
DNC Deanna Fuimaono (AS)
DNC Nathaniel Savali (AS)
Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ)
DNC Joe Rios (AZ)
DNC Janice C. Brunson (AZ)
Hon. Carolyn Warner (AZ)
Gov. Mike Beebe (AR)
Sen. Mark Pryor (AR)
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Rep. Marion Berry (AR)
Rep. Mike Ross (AR)
Rep. Vic Snyder (AR)
DNC Don Beavers (AR)
DNC Martha Dixon (AR)
DNC Karla Bradley (AR)
DNC Bill Gwatney (AR)
Sen. Diane Feinstein (CA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA)
Rep. Joe Baca (CA)
Rep. Doris Matsui (CA)
Rep. Mike Thompson (CA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (CA)
Rep. Jane Harman (CA)
Rep. Tom Lantos (CA)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA)
Rep. Laura Richardson (CA)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
Rep. Brad Sherman (CA)
Rep. Hilda Solis (CA)
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA)
Rep. Diane Watson (CA)
DNC Alice Huffman (CA)
DNC Alicia Wang (CA)
DNC Rosalind Wyman (CA)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (CA)
DNC Charles Manatt (CA)
DNC Kamil Hasan (CA)
DNC Mona Pasquil (CA)
DNC Mirian Saez (CA)
DNC Hon. Maria Echaveste (CA)
DNC Rachel Binah (CA)
Hon. Christopher Stampolis (CA)
Rep. Diane DeGette (CO)
DNC Manny Rodriguez (CO)
DNC Maria Handley (CO)
DNC Ramona Martinez (CO)
DNC Ellen Camhi (CT)
Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (DE)
DNC Rhett Ruggerio (DE)
DNC Karen Valentine (DE)
DNC Mary Eva Candon (DC)
DNC Yolanda Caraway (DC)
DNC Hartina Flournoy (DC)
DNC Harold Ickes (DC)
DNC Ben Johnson (DC)
DNC Eric Kleinfeld (DC)
DNC Minyon Moore (DC)
DNC Elizabeth Smith (DC)
DNC Marilyn Tyler Brown (DC)
DNC Gerald McEntee (DC)
DNC Carol Pensky (DC)
Sen. Bill Nelson (FL)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL)
Rep. Corrine Brown (FL)
Rep. Kendrick Meek (FL)
DNC Raul Martinez (FL)
Rep. David Scott (GA)
Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Michael Thurmond (GA)
Carole Dabbs (GA)
Lonnie Plott (GA)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (HI)
DNC John Rednour (IL)
Sen. Evan Bayh (IN)
DNC Joe Andrew (IN)
DNC Dan Parker (IN)
DNC Phoebe Crane (IN)
DNC Bob Pastrick (IN)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (IA)
DNC Sandy Opstvedt (IA)
DNC Sarah Swisher (IA)
DNC Mike Gronstal (IA)
DNC Teresa Krusor (KS)
Gov. John Baldacci (ME)
DNC Ken Curtis (ME)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Gov. Martin O'Malley (MD)
Rep. CA Dutch Ruppersberger (MD)
DNC Nancy Kopp (MD)
DNC Glenard Middleton (MD)
Alvaro Cifuentes (MD)
Richard Michalski (MD)
Michael Steed (MD)
Maria Cordone (MD)
Rep. Richard Neal (MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (MA)
Rep. Barney Frank (MA)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA)
DNC Steven Grossman (MA)
Dr. Elaine Kamarck (MA)
DNC Diane Saxe (MA)
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI)
Hon. John Cherry (MI)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Rep. Sander Levin (MI)
DNC Joel Ferguson (MI)
Rep. Dale Kildee (MI)
Rep. John Dingell (MI)
Mark Schauer (MI)
VP Walter Mondale (MN)
DNC Jackie Stevenson (MN)
DNC Rick Stafford (MN)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (MO)
Fmr. Rep. Dick Gephardt (MO)
DNC Doug Brooks (MO)
DNC Sandy Querry (MO)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV)
DNC Dina Titus (NV)
Clinton cont'd
DNC Gaeten DiGangi (NH)
DNC Anita Freedman (NH)
Gov. Jon Corzine (NJ)
Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ)
Rep. Robert Andrews (NJ)
Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (NJ)
Rep. Albio Sires (NJ)
DNC Joseph DeCotiis (NJ)
DNC Dana Redd (NJ)
Rep. Donald Payne (NJ)
DNC Joe Cryan (NJ)
DNC Tonio Burgos (NJ)
DNC June Fisher (NJ)
Hon. Diane Denish (NM)
DNC Hon. Martin Chavez (NM)
DNC Mary Gail Gwaltney (NM)
Hon. Raymond Sanchez (NM)
Annadelle Sanchez (NM)
Christine Trujillo (NM)
Gov. Eliot Spitzer (NY)
President Bill Clinton (NY)
Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (NY)
Rep. Gary Ackerman (NY)
Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY)
Rep. Timothy Bishop (NY)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY)
Rep. Eliot Engel (NY)
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Rep. John Hall (NY)
Rep. Brian Higgins (NY)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY)
Rep. Steve Israel (NY)
Rep. Nita Lowey (NY)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY)
Rep. Michael McNulty (NY)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY)
Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Richard Schaffer (NY)
Rep. Jose Serrano (NY)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY)
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY)
DNC June O'Neill (NY)
DNC Dave Pollak (NY)
DNC Randi Weingarten (NY)
DNC Vivian Cook (NY)
DNC Emily Giske (NY)
DNC Judith Hope (NY)
DNC Maria Luna (NY)
DNC Sheldon Silver (NY)
DNC Robert Zimmerman (NY)
DNC Hon. David Paterson (NY)
DNC Susan Burgess (NC)
Gov. Ted Strickland (OH)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH)
DNC Betty McElderry (OK)
Gov. Ted Kulongoski (OR)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (OR)
Gov. Ed Rendell (PA)
DNC Hon. TJ Rooney (PA)
Rep. Joe Sestak (PA)
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA)
Rep. Paul Kanjorski (PA)
DNC Rena Baumgartner (PA)
DNC Jean Milko (PA)
DNC Roberto Prats Palerm (PR)
DNC Kenneth McClintock (PR)
DNC Francisco Domenec (PR)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Rep. Jim Langevin (RI)
DNC David Cicilline (RI)
DNC William Lynch (RI)
DNC Mark Weiner (RI)
DNC Don Fowler (SC)
DNC Marva Smalls (SC)
DNC Bill Owen (TN)
DNC Elisa Parker (TN)
DNC Hon. Myron Lowery (TN)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX)
DNC Sue Lovell (TX)
DNC Senfronia Thompson (TX)
DNC Denise Johnson (TX)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (TX)
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX)
Rep. Gene Green (TX)
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX)
Former Speaker Jim Wright (TX)
DNC Norma Fisher Flores (TX)
DNC David Holmes (TX)
DNC Hon. Karen Hale (UT)
DNC Helen Langan (UT)
DNC Terry McAuliffe (VA)
DNC Jennifer McClellan (VA)
DNC Mame Reiley (VA)
DNC Lionel Spruill Sr. (VA)
DNC Susan Swecker (VA)
Barbara Easterling (VA)
Del. Donna M Christensen (VI)
Billi Gosh (VT)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA)
Sen. Patty Murray (WA)
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA)
Former Speaker Tom Foley (WA)
DNC Ron Sims (WA)
Rep. Norm Dicks (WA)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)
DNC Tim Sullivan (WI)
Obama
Rep. Artur Davis (AL)
Del. Eni FH Faleomavaga (AS)
Theresa Hunkin (AS)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (AZ)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA)
Rep. Adam Schiff (CA)
Rep. George Miller (CA)
Rep Zoe Lofgren (CA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA)
DNC Hon. Eric Garcetti (CA)
DNC Norma Torres (CA)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO)
DNC Dan Slater (CO)
Debbie Marquez (CO)
DNC JW Postal (CO)
Rep. Chris Murphy (CT)
Rep. John Larson (CT)
DNC Stephen Fontana (CT)
DNC Martin Dunleavy (CT)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Anthony Avallone (CT)
Mayor Adrian Fenty (DC)
DNC Dr. James Zogby (DC)
DNC Arrington Dixon (DC)
Rep. Robert Wexler (FL)
DNC Allan Katz (FL)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA)
Mayor Shirley Franklin (GA) **
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI)
DNC Hon. Gail Bray (ID)
DNC Grant Burgoyne (ID)
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)
Rep. Dave Loebsack (IA)
Gov. Chet Culber (IA)
DNC Michael Fitzgerald (IA)
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (KS)
DNC E. Lee Kinch (KS)
DNC Randy Roy (KS)
Rep. John Yarmuth (KY)
Rep. Albert Wynn (MD)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD)
DNC Karren Pope-Onwukwe (MD)
Gov. Deval Patrick (MA)
Sen. John Kerry (MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA)
Rep. William Delahunt (MA)
Rep. Michael Capuano (MA)
DNC Alan Solomont (MA)
Rep. John Conyers (MI)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN)
Rep. Keith Ellison (MN)
Rep. Tim Walz (MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN)
Hon. Mee Moua (MN)
Ken Foxworth (MN)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS)
DNC Johnnie Patton (MS)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO)
Rep. Russ Carnahan (MO)
Rep. Lacy Clay (MO)
Mark Bryant (MO)
Sen. Ben Nelson (NE)
Vince Powers (NE)
Frank LaMere (NE)
Rep. Steve Rothman (NJ)
DNC Steven Horsford (NV)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH)
Rep. Paul Hodes (NH)
DNC Hon. Martha Fuller Clark (NH)
Fmr DNC Chair Fred Harris (NM)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC)
DNC Everett Ward (NC)
Sen. Kent Conrad (ND)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (ND)
DNC Jim Maxson (ND)
DNC Mary Wakefield (ND)
DNC Kitti Asbury - (OK)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (RI)
DNC Patrick Lynch (RI)
DNC Waring Howe Jr. (SC)
Sen. Tim Johnson (SD)
Fmr Sen. Tom Daschle (SD)
Rep. Jim Cooper (TN)
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN)
DNC Lois DeBerry (TN)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX)
Rep. Al Green (TX)
DNC Moses Mercado (TX)
DNC Bill Orton (UT)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT)
Rep. Peter Welch (VT)
Gov. Tim Kaine (VA)
Rick Boucher (VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA)
Gov. John P. deJongh, Jr. (VI)
Judy Bevans (VT)
DNC Chuck Ross Jr. (VT)
Rep. Adam Smith (WA)
DNC Pat Notter (WA)
Gov. Christine Gregoire (WA)
Rep. Gwen Moore (WI)
Gov. Jim Doyle (WI)
Rep. David Obey (WI)
DNC Peter Jorgenson (WY)
DNC John Millin (WY)
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html
Nick Kelly
Wes Clark still could be the national security candidate.
realeased Feb. 8,2008 regarding the selection of Michigan's Democratic delegates:
"I don't see a practical way to hold a caucus in Michigan. Given that 600,000 Michigan voters participated in a primary that was held in accordance wih Michigan law, it seems to me that it would not be practical or fair to throw out the results of that election.
"On March 29, each congressional district will select its delegates at 15 Congressional District Conventions. I continue to believe that Michigan's delegates will be seated at the national convention in August."
I would also like to add that our other Sen. Debbie Stabenow has endorsed Hillary.
delegate selection process, and show up in Denver with a strong demand to be seated, regardless of how all the other remaining states and super-delegates declare. The rules committee needs to know that that rule really stinks.
I'm still hoping, however, that a floor fight can be avoided by a Hillary 2025 plus vote amongst those delegates that the rules committee sees no problem seating. That's why I'm appealing to the super-delegates in this diary.
Also, if Obama gets there with more than 2025 votes but fewer than about 2150 votes, you can bet that his delegates will resist seating Michigan and Florida in any way that they can. That's when a floor fight would be necessary, and it could really be deeply anger provoking. That's the metaphorical crash of our shuttle, taking the dreams of both potential pilots with it. It wouldn't be 1968 all over again, but the effect on voters nationwide would be similar, and it would boost the chances of the Republican candidate.
That said, I've no problem at all with Michigan and Florida going all the way with this, including a brutal floor fight if necessary. Hey, it's the rights of millions of Democrats which are at stake here, and if I lived in either state, I wouldn't want my delegates to simply give up without a fight, if a fight was truly necessary. However, a little bit like Wes saying that war should always be a last resort, I'm saying that a floor fight over this should be a last resort also. First of all, as with wars, it is possible to lose a floor fight, and I don't want that to happen because that would turn off so many Democrats in Florida and Michigan that we could lose both of those states in the GE. Secondly, if we can anticipate realizing the Presidential nomination will of Florida and Michigan Dems without a floor fight, and calmly get them seated because that wouldn't actually change the outcome, that's the way I'm hoping this will go. Then you can have your rightful say on the VP selection and the party platform as well as the Presidential nominee.
Nick Kelly
Wes Clark still could be the national security candidate.
from FL and MI who can't vote because of what Florida Republicans did:
Representatives
Bud Cramer (AL)
Harry Mitchell (AZ)
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
Nancy Pelosi (CA)
Jerry McNerney (CA)
Pete Stark (CA)
Mike Honda (CA)
Sam Farr (CA)
Jim Costa (CA)
Lois Capps (CA)
Howard Berman (CA)
Henry Waxman (CA)
Bob Filner (CA)
Susan Davis (CA)
Mark Udall (CO)
John Salazar (CO)
Joe Courtney (CT)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Kathy Castor (FL)
Tim Mahoney (FL)
Ron Klein (FL)
Jim Marshall (GA)
John Barrow (GA)
Mazie Hirono (HI)
Dan Lipinski (IL)
Rahm Emanuel (IL)
Peter Visclosky (IN)
Joe Donnelly (IN)
Brad Ellsworth (IN)
Baron Hill (IN)
Rep. Bruce Braley (IA)
Nancy Boyda (KS)
Dennis Moore (KS)
Ben Chandler (KY)
William Jefferson (LA)
Charlie Melancon (LA)
Tom Allen (ME)
Rep. Michael Michaud (ME)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Steny Hoyer (MD)
Chris Van Hollen (MD)
John Olver (MA)
Niki Tsongas (MA)
John Tierney (MA)
Edward Markey (MA)
Sander Levin (MI)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI)
Rep. Bart Stupak (MI)
Collin Peterson (MN)
Gene Taylor (MS)
Ike Skelton (MO)
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ)
Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)
Rep. Brad Miller (NC)
Rep. David Price (NC)
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC)
Rep. Mel Watt (NC)
Rep. Tom Udall (NM)
Charlie Wilson (OH)
Marcia Kaptur (OH)
Betty Sutton (OH)
Tim Ryan (OH)
Rep. Zack Space (OH)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH)
David Wu (OR)
Peter DeFazio (OR)
Bob Brady (PA)
Jason Altmire (PA)
Chris Carney (PA)
John Murtha (PA)
Tim Holden (PA)
Rep. Mike Doyle (PA)
John Spratt (SC)
Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD)
Rep. Dan Boren (OK)
Lincoln Davis (TN)
Bart Gordon (TN)
John Tanner (TN)
Chet Edwards (TX)
Nick Lampson (TX)
Ciro Rodriguez (TX)
Lloyd Doggett (TX)
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (TX)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Jim Moran (VA)
Rick Larsen (WA)
Brian Baird (WA)
Jim McDermott (WA)
Alan Mollohan (WV)
Nick Rahall (WV)
Ron Kind (WI)
Steve Kagen (WI)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
Presidents & VPs
Jimmy Carter (GA)
Al Gore (TN)
Senators
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Ken Salazar (CO)
Chris Dodd (CT)
Joe Biden (DE)
Tom Carper (DE)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Carl Levin (MI)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Max Baucus (MT)
John Tester (MT)
Harry Reid (NV)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Bob Casey (PA)
Jack Reed (RI)
Jim Webb (VA)
Robert Byrd (WV)
Jay Rockefeller (WV)
Herb Kohl (WI)
Russ Feingold (WI)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Fmr. Senator George Mitchell
Michael Brown (DC)
Paul Strauss (DC)
Governors
Bill Ritter (CO)
Steve Beshear (KY)
Brian Schweitzer (MT)
John Lynch (NH)
Bill Richardson (NM)
Mike Easley (NC)
Brad Henry (OK)
Phil Bredeson (TN)
Joe Manchin (WV)
Dave Freudenthal (WY)
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PR)
DNC Members
Howard Dean - Chairman (VT)
Lottie Shackleford (AR)
Linda Chavez -Thompson (TX)
Susan Turnbull (MD)
Mark Brewer (MI)
Andrew Tobias (FL)
Alice Germond (WV)
Philip D. Murphy (NJ)
Alabama
Joe Turnham - AL Chair
Nancy Worley - AL Vice Chair
Hon. Yvonne Kennedy
Hon. Randy Kelley
Alaska
Blake Johnson - AK Vice Chair
Hon. John Davies
Cindy Spanyers
Arizona
Don Bivens - AZ Chair
Donna Branch Gilby - AZ Vice Chair
California
Art Torres - CA Chair
Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker - Vice Chair
Steven Alari
Mary Ellen Early
Edward Espinoza
Inola Henry
Aleita Huguenin
Hon. Carole Midgen
Bob Mulholland
Christine Pelosi
Robert Rankin
Garry Shay
Keith Umemoto
Steve Ybarra
John Perez
Colorado
Pat Waak - CO Chair
Connecticut
Nancy DiNardo - CT Chair
John Olsen
Delaware
John Daniello - DE Chair
Harriet Smith-Windsor - DE Vice Chair
Florida
Karen Thurman - FL Chair
Rudolph Parker - FL Vice Chair
Terrie Brady
Mitchell Ceasar
Hon. Joyce Cusack
Diane Glasser
Chuck Mohlke
Janee Murphy
Jon Ausman (FL)
Georgia
Jane Kidd - GA Chair
Mary Long
Richard Ray
Hawaii
Beverly Withington - Chair
Joshua Wisch - Vice Chair
Richard Port
Dr. Marie Dolly Strazar
Idaho
Keith Roark - Chair
Jeanne Buell - Vice-chair
Illinois
Hon. Carol Ronen
Hon. Darlena Williams-Burnett
Indiana
Cordelia Lewis Burks - IN Vice Chair
Connie Thurman
Iowa
Scott Brennan - IA Chair
Richard Machacek
Kansas
Larry Gates - KS Chair
Helen Knetzer
Kentucky
Jennifer Moore - Chair
Nathan Smith - Vice Chair
Moretta Bosley
Terry McBrayer
Jo Etta Wickliffe
Louisiana
Chris Whittington - LA Chair
Mary Lou Winters - LA Vice Chair
Patsy Arcenaux
Hon. Renee Gill Pratt
Claude "Buddy" Leach
Maine
Marianne Stevens - ME Vice Chair
Jennifer DeChant
Sam Spencer
John Knutson
Maryland
Michael Cryor - MD Chair
Lauren Glover - MD Vice Chair
Hon. Heather Mizeur
Hon. Gregory Pecoraro
Mary Jo Neville
Massachusetts
John Walsh - MA Chair
Debra Kozikowski
Gus Bickford
Hon. Raymond Jordan
David O'Brien
Margaret Xifaras
Michigan
Arthenia Abbott - MI Vice Chair
Elizabeth Bunn
Debbie Dingell
Hon. Robert Ficano
Joyce Lalonde
Jeffrey Radjewski
Michael Tardiff
Richard Wiener
DNC Debbie Dingell (MI)
Minnesota
Brian Melendez - MN Chair
Donna Cassutt - MN Vice Chair
Nancy Larson
Mississippi
Wayne Dowdy - Chair
Carnelia Pettis Fondren - Vice Chair
Everett Sanders
Missouri
John Temporiti - Chair
Yolanda Wheat - Vice Chair
Leila Medley
Montana
Dennis McDonald - MT Chair
Hon. Margarett Campbell - MT Vice Chair
Jean Lemire Dahlman
Hon. Ed Tinsley
Nebraska
Steven Achelpohl - NE Chair
Audra Ostergard - NE Vice Chair
Kathleen Fahey
Nevada
Jill Derby - NV Chair
Sam Lieberman - NV Vice Chair
New Hampshire
Raymond Buckley - NH Chair
New Jersey
Donald Norcross
DNC Christine "Roz" Samuels (NJ)
New Mexico
Brian Colon - NM Chair
New York
Hon. Herman Farrell Jr.
Dennis Mehiel
Hon. Robert Ramirez
Irene Stein
Sylvia Tokasz
North Carolina
Jerry Meek - NC Chair
Dannie Montgomery - NC Vice Chair
Dr. Jeanette Council
David Parker
Muriel Offerman
Carol Peterson
North Dakota
David Strauss - ND Chair
Renee Pfenning
Ohio
Hon. Chris Redfern - OH Chair
Hon. Rhine McLin - OH Vice Chair
William Burga
Enid Goubeaux
Hon. Mark Mallory
Ronald Malone
Patricia Moss
Sonni Nardi
Oklahoma
Ivan Holmes
Jim Frasier
Oregon
Meredith Woods-Smith - OR Chair
Frank Dixon - OR Vice Chair
Jenny Greenleaf
Wayne Kinney
Pennsylvania
Carol Ann Campbell
Hon. Richard Donatucci
William George
Marcel Groen
Hon. Sophie Masloff
Ian Murray
Evelyn Richardson
DNC Members (cont'd)
Rhode Island
Edna O'Neill Matson - RI Vice Chair
Hon. Frank Montanaro
South Carolina
Carol Fowler - SC Chair
Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat - SC Vice Chair
Hon. Gilda Cobb-Hunter
South Dakota
Jack Billion - SD Chair
Deb Knecht - SD Vice Chair
Hon. Nick Nemec
Sharon Stroschein
Tennessee
Gray Sasser - TN Chair
Will Cheek
Dr. Inez Crutchfield
Jimmie Farris
Texas
Boyd Richie - TX Chair
Roy LaVerne Brooks - TX Vice Chair
Hon. Yvonne Davis
Hon. Al Edwards
Jaime Gonzalez Jr.
John Patrick
Betty Richie
Bob Slagle
Utah
Wayne Holland Jr. - UT Chair
Vermont
Ian Carleton - VT Chair
Virginia
Jim Leaman
C Richard Cranwell
Washington DC
Anita Bonds - DC Chair
Jeffery Richardson - DC Vice Chair
Washington
Dwight Pelz - WA Chair
Eileen Macoll - WA Vice Chair
Ed Cote
Sharon Mast
David McDonald
West Virginia
Nick Casey Jr. - WV Chair
Belinda Biofore - WV Vice Chair
Pat Maroney
Marie Prezioso
Wisconsin
Lena Taylor - WI Vice Chair
Stan Gruszynski
Jason Rae
Melissa Schroeder
Paula Zellner
Joe Wineke
Wyoming
Nancy Drummond - WY Vice Chair
Cynthia Nunley
Democrats Abroad *
Christine Marques - Chair
Toby Condliffe - Vice Chair
Robert Bell
Connie Borde
Liv Gibbons
Theresa Morelli
Brent O'Leary
Leo Perez Minaya
Guam
Antonio Charfauros - Chair
Cecilia Mafnas - Vice Chair
Taling Taitano
Hon. Robert Underwood
Puerto Rico
Luisette Cabana - Vice Chair
Dr. Celita Arroyo de Roques
Virgin Islands
Cecil Benjamin - Chair
Marylyn Stapleton - Vice Chair
Carol Burke
Kevin Rodriguez
Members -At-Large
Lu Battaglieri (MI)
Joyce Brayboy (VA)
Donna Brazile (DC)
Anna Burger (PA)
Hon. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (MO)
Larry Cohen (DC)
Ralph Dawson (NY)
Kalyn Free (OK)
John Gage (MD)
Hon. Yvonne Gates (NV)
Janice Griffin (MD)
Hon. Alexis Herman (VA)
Ben Jeffers (LA)
Joe Johnson (VA)
Belkis Leong-Hong (MD)
Leon Lynch (PA)
Robert Martinez (TX)
Mona Mohib (CT)
Jay Parmley (OK)
Steve Powell (IL)
Gail Rasmussen (OR)
James Roosevelt Jr (MA)
Eliseo Roques-Arroyo (PR)
Richard Shoemaker (MI)
Edward Smith (IL)
Marianne Spraggins (NY)
John Sweeney (MD)
Vernon Watkins (CA)
Jerome Wiley Segovia (VA)
Former DNC Chairmen
David Wilhelm (IL)
Debra DeLee (MA)
Paul Kirk (MA)
Roy Romer (CO)
Bob Strauss (TX)
Nat'l Conf. of Dem. Mayors
Hon. Kwame Kilpatrick (MI)
Dem. Assoc. of SoS
Hon. Robin Carnahan (MO)
Hon. Bill Bradbury (OR)
Nat'l Assoc of Dem State Treasurers
Dem. Leg. Campaign Comm.
Hon. Joyce Beatty (OH)
Nat'l Dem. County Officials
Hon. Eric Coleman (MI)
Hon. Margie Woods (IL)
Nat'l Fed. of Dem. Women
Virgie Rollins (MI)
Hon. Ruth Rudy (PA)
College Dems of America
Lauren Wolfe (MI)
Awais Khaleel (WI)
Young Dems of America
David Hardt (TX)
Crystal Strait (CA)
Dem Assoc. of Atty Gen.
Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Nat'l Dem Ethnic Coord. Comm.
Christine Warnke (DC)
Nat'l Dem. Seniors Coord. Comm.
Hon. John Melcher (MT)
Secretary of Emeritus
Kathleen Vick (DC)
Unassigned
Four "Unassigned" superdelegates to be determined before the convention.
* Superdelegates from Democrats Abroad count as 1/2 of a vote.
In addition to the above superdelegates, there are 76 additional unpledged add-ons that will be picked at the various state conventions.
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegates-who-havent-endorsed.html
Nick Kelly
Wes Clark still could be the national security candidate.