Theo Von
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I know it's for her husband's health.
Do you think, cause she's kind of like, and she just took a break.
She took a complete break from politics.
She's always seemed very β like she has her own β Oh, she was definitely independent.
Well, they did the same thing with Bernie Sanders.
They did exactly the same thing with Bernie Sanders.
So I guess my question would be like β and I can't remember if I asked Bernie this or not, but why would you stay in a party that you know at a certain point is not β
So wait, explain that to me a little bit better, because I want to get on this.
George McGovern was a major reason Democrats later created superdelegates.
After McGovern's 1972 nomination and landslide general election loss, party leaders wanted a way to give more influence to experienced officials and reduce the chance that a highly activist primary electorate would produce another nominee they saw as too extreme.
So you're saying the people believed in this guy.
Even though he lost, the people believed in him, but the party...
And whoever that is didn't want it to be like just like a populist vote.