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Line 255: − − ===Superdelegates=== − While it looked like an open convention was a possibility in 2008, eventually Hillary conceded. Even though she had won more primary votes,<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2008&elect=1M 2008 Presidential Democratic Primary Election Results], Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. uselectionatlas.org/ </ref> Obama outbid the Clinton's, giving more money to the [[superdelegate]]s.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/02/superdelegate-update/ Superdelegate Update], By Lindsay Renick Mayer, Center For Responsive Politics, February 28, 2008. opensecrets.org </ref> Veteran campaign consultant Rich Galen noted that it is illegal to promise a federal job in exchange for doing something or not doing something; but in a closed door negotiation it may be legal for the Obama team to ask the Clinton team, "What would it take for you to release your delegates to us?".<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2016/03/09/dont-bet-on-it-n2130755 Don't Bet on It], Rich Galen, Mar 09, 2016. townhall.com </ref> Hillary ultimately was appointed Secretary of State in order to add foreign policy experience to her resumé, a decided weakness of the two previous presidents.
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===Birth of the birther movement===
===Birth of the birther movement===
Hillary Clinton's campaign team began spreading [[Islamophobic]] rumors that Obama was a Muslim schooled in a ''madrassa'' as a child in Indonesia<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/05/bill-clinton-barack-obama-bromance-long-slow-making Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: an alliance long and slow in the making], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK. </ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506093354/http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=23 Who is BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?] Mission Statement, stop-obama.org </ref>. Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal, working through his son, Max Blumenthal, was the origin of the rumors that Barack Hussein Obama was a Muslim in order to stir up [[Islamophobic]] hatred among the electorate which was intended to help Hillary Clinton.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-great-islamophobic-crusade/ The Great Islamophobic Crusade], CBSNEWS, December 19, 2010. cbsnews.com</ref>
Hillary Clinton's campaign team began spreading [[Islamophobic]] rumors that Obama was a Muslim schooled in a ''madrassa'' as a child in Indonesia<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/05/bill-clinton-barack-obama-bromance-long-slow-making Bill Clinton and Barack Obama: an alliance long and slow in the making], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK. </ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080506093354/http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=23 Who is BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?] Mission Statement, stop-obama.org </ref>. Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal, working through his son, Max Blumenthal, was the origin of the rumors that Barack Hussein Obama was a Muslim in order to stir up [[Islamophobic]] hatred among the electorate which was intended to help Hillary Clinton.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-great-islamophobic-crusade/ The Great Islamophobic Crusade], CBSNEWS, December 19, 2010. cbsnews.com</ref>
==See also==
==See also==