2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My head is spinning [View all]Gothmog
(154,466 posts)In 2008, there were going to be a dozen or so nasty credential fights at the Texas Democratic State Convention. In 2008, Hillary Clinton conceded a couple of days before the Texas state Democratic Convention and that convention was effectively a less controversial event. Sanders did not conceded until a week before the national convention and was threathening floor fights and votes up to the Sunday before the convention. The Texas State Democratic convention was a nasty zoo with Sanders delegates insulting anyone who would not sign their petitions. One elected Sanders delegate was removed from the Sanders delegation because he not BOB and was not nasty enough for the Sanders people. The national convention was unpleasant due to the Sanders supporters being convinced that Sanders could still be the nominee. Sanders did little to control his delegates and these delegates were never briefed as to how conventions worked. A group of Sanders supporters attempted to disrupt the national convention and their efforts were mostly foiled but at the cost of not having as an effective convention as what occurred in 2008