And in fact, in 2008, the superdelegates were supposed to protect Hillary Clinton from any insurgent challenges to her coronation. Then, of course, all of the party's elites fell out of love with Hillary and in love with Barack Obama. All of the super delegates who were installed specifically because they were supposedly Hillary Clinton loyalists, flipped their allegiances to Barack Obama. Obama, thus tipping the election. At least in 2008, the party's rank and file clearly wanted Obama. In 2016, the party's rank and file clearly wanted Bernie Sanders. (35:35–35:45)
CLAIM
Asserts that superdelegates switched support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama in 2008.
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