Fort Worth Star-Telegram logo Fort Worth Star-Telegram 20 months ago

Clinton backer wants Texas system scrapped

AUSTIN -- A key supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Texas' confusing primary-caucus hybrid should be scrapped so that delegates to the Democratic National Convention would be awarded based on the popular vote in the state's... Full Article at Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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  1. Our system has just outlived its usefulness ... The way we are doing it is not very democratic.
    SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 20 months ago
  2. This is the most exciting election in years, and I love it
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 20 months ago
  3. We had 35 people in attendance ... Everybody signed in and was very cooperative. The down side was that none of us really knew what we were doing.
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  4. They were stressing because they wanted to get their ballots in to get their caucus started, but we had results by 9:30 p.m., and that's real good time
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