Ken Berwitz
TAPPER: “Hillary Clinton lost to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire by22 percentage points, the biggest victory in a contested Democratic Primarythere since John F. Kennedy. But it looks as though Clintonand Sanders are leaving the Granite State with the same number of delegates intheir pockets because Clinton has the support of New Hampshire\’ssuperdelegates, these party insiders. What do you tellvoters who are new to the process, who says this makes them feel like it’s allrigged?”
SCHULTZ: “Well, let me just make sure that I can clarify exactly whatwas available during the primaries in Iowa and in New Hampshire. The unpledgeddelegates are a separate category. The only thing available on the ballot in aprimary and a caucus is the pledged delegates. Those that are tied to thecandidates that they are pledged to support and they receive a proportionalnumber of delegates going into, going into our convention.
“Unpledged delegates exist really to make sure thatparty leaders and elected officials don\’t have to be in a position where theyare running against grassroots activists. We are as a Democratic Party reallyhighlight and emphasize inclusiveness and diversity at our convention, and sowe want to give every opportunity to grassroots activists and diverse,committed Democrats to be able to participate, attend, and be a delegate at theconvention. And so we separate out those, those unpledged delegates to makesure that there isn\’t competition between them.”
TAPPER: “I\’m not sure that that answer wouldsatisfy an anxious young voter…”
