"And also remember that pledged delegates in most states are not
pledged," she said Monday. "You know there is no requirement that
anybody vote for anybody. They're just like superdelegates."

Pledged delegates are not pledged?

I do not care how much time I spend at the whacked-out world of Clipmarks, I will never get used to this profound denial of the obvious. Then again, on the Obama side, it makes for great entertainment. So, I guess there is some balance.

well, the article says that a lot of states don't require that pledged delegates vote the way that they're supposed to... i'm not sure why that is. seems a little ridiculous.

that pledged delegates vote the way that they're supposed to..

Yes, apparently democratic rules were rewritten to allow for the provision of superdelegates to have an unusually large influence (because they did not have faith in the electorate to choose the 'correct' candidate) and in so doing they generated the concept of pledged delgates. Perhaps the idea of saying pledged delegates are not pledged is a reversion to old rules.

Instead of taking guesses as to how and why the current Democratic nomination process evolved, feel free to read a well written analysis of the evolution of the current process at the following link.

A Brief History of Superdelegates

Desperate times call for Clintonian tactics.