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I could not find any way that we could really run the kind of campaign I wanted to run if we were targeting delegates and still trying to talk to people, which is what keeps me going as a human being.

I'm not going to suggest to a delegate at what they ought to do.

The voters of the country decide who they want to support, and the delegates are elected to also make a determination of who would be in the best interest of the party and the country to be our nominee.

I chaired the 1982 Democratic Party Commission on Presidential Nominations that created certain automatic delegates to the Democratic convention - the 'superdelegates.' It was a good idea then, and it is still a good idea.

I have learned to delegate.

My whole deal is I want to have a principle-based, member-driven caucus.

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

In light of the exit from the race by Ted Cruz and John Kasich, it is now clear that Donald Trump will accumulate the delegates necessary to be nominated by the Republican Party.

I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate.

If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.