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Will Super Delegate Woolsey Vote with her Constituents?

February 21, 2008

Rep_Woolsey, originally uploaded by b_luecke.

Our Representative Lynn Woolsey is known for her backbone in her fight against the war in Iraq. Those of us who thought the war was a mistake applaud her stance. This is why we wonder how she is going to come down if they call on her to weigh in on the close Democratic Nomination process. Her constituents voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, but she has been on record supporting Hillary Clinton. As I mentioned earlier, Woolsey’s aide said that she received many emails and calls asking her to reconsider her stance. Then her endorsement of Clinton was taken down from her website. We have no idea where she is at right now with her decision. We invite people from her district both from Marin and Sonoma to post their thoughts about what she should do.

Another super delegate of note are our State Senator, Carole Migden, who is up against Mark Leno, Joe Alioto Veronese, and now Joe Nation. The election will be on June 6th.

Of course our two US Senators Boxer and Feinstein are super delegates.

 

Posted in Hillary Clinton, Lynn Woolsey, Marin Politics, Obama, california politics, elections

4 Responses to “Will Super Delegate Woolsey Vote with her Constituents?”

1. The Maven said:
   

   February 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm

   A Little Sunlight Please: The Super-Delegate Transparency Project
   Jennifer Nix, Huffington Post

   “Here’s my question: Why are any super-delegates allowed to pledge anything before the primaries and caucuses actually start to take place? Part of the problem here is that back when Hillary Clinton was inevitable,” her campaign went around collecting early pledges. Some folks believe this could have had the effect of encouraging people like my U.S. representative, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey to play “inside baseball.” For example, Sonoma State University political science professor David McCuan is surprised by Woolsey’s alignment with Clinton, but attributes it to “realpolitik considerations by the congresswoman known for adherence to liberal principles.”

2. northbayist said:
   

   February 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm

   http://northbayist.blogspot.com/2008/02/woolsey-as-superdelegate.html

3. Northbayist on Woolsey! | Marin Maven said:
   

   February 25th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

   […] Keeps things interesting. It turns out that Northbayist has an answer to my question as to whether Woolsey will vote with her constituents or with Clinton. This is what Northbayist had to […]

4. Well Played, Northbayist! | Marin Maven said:
   

   March 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 am

   […] we have Northbayist response to my response to their response to my initial article. All I can say is, “Well played, Sir or Madame (whatever it may […]

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