Thursday, May 8th, 2008...10:14 am
Here I Thought It Was Chris Stampolis
This hit my e-mail box mere moments ago…
May 8, 2008 (Washington, DC) — MrSuper.org is a website which was created in March to debunk myths, offer insight and answer questions about the 2008 Democratic nomination process for President. The author, who has been posting under the pseudonym “Mr. Super” will announce his identity today.
The site was created by Edward Espinoza, an undeclared Superdelegate and elected DNC Member from California and a former Field Director to 2008 Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson.
The site gained the immediate attention of several political media outlets covering the web, being included in a story by Abbi Tatton on CNN, as well as serving as the subject of magazine articles published in The Nation and The American Prospect. It was recently mentioned in a San Jose Mercury News article, and the site has also been featured on other blogs including Democratic Convention Watch, TAPPED - the blog of the American Prospect, and has received mentions on DailyKos, Ben Smith’s blog at Politico.com and a number of other political blogs. All featured stories are listed on a page within the blog under a link labeled “In The News.”
So, why author the site anonymously? “I stand by everything I’ve written on the site - but I didn’t want the site to be about me, I wanted it to be about the topic of Superdelegates,” said Espinoza. “I put this together under the premise that it would be a public service and no personal gain to be made - there would be no advertising to earn money from and no name recognition for the author.”
Up until now readers have suggested that Mr. Super is a member of Congress, others think that Mr. Super is a senior member of the DNC. Because the author has participated in three national conventions and works as a political consultant, he carries experience that is normally associated with more elder members of the Party. Mr. Espinoza, age 35, is not currently affiliated with any federal campaign, has been on the ground in seven primary states this season.
Several notable items from the site include the author’s repeated notion that “there are no undecided Superdelegates - only undeclared ones,” thereby giving some insight into the shell game of presidential nominating politics. He has provides background on details pertaining to Florida and Michigan as well as offers insight as to why some Superdelegates remain undeclared.
At this time, the site rarely strays from the subject of Superdelegates - with the exception of a segment entitled “Friday Veepstakes” in which the possibilities of potential presidential running mates are espoused upon. On May 7th the site registered more than 5,826 visitors.
Edward Espinoza is a political and public relations strategist from Long Beach. He is the former President of the California Young Democrats and frequent guest on CNN. He is the author of a February 25 opinion piece published in Politico entitled “Superdelegates use powers for good, not evil” and is regularly quoted in the LA Times and other notable publications.
Alumni and long time members of the Arizona Young Democrats also know Espinoza as the ringleader of the lamentably gone Lat Pac.
10 Comments
May 8th, 2008 at 11:36 am
CALLED IT!!
Back in March when Tedski first wrote about this I guessed it was Ed and was TOTALLY right.
Here is what I wrote in the comments incase you missed it:
Obviously Ed Espinoza from CA … one of the only “youthy” super delegates out there. I don’t know anyone else who is more likely to do a blog bragging about being a super delegate, but then be too timid and afraid of the consequences of doing so to be public about it , but then ask Tedski to blog about it to get more attention to it.
Tailor made Espinoza.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:40 am
A question … who sent you the email???
Was that email actually from Ed?
May 8th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Seriously, Tony? Jeez.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
After Ed tried to get me in trouble with teh board of directors and my boss where I work for the comments above - and then sent me a facebook message saying I am afraid and timid for commenting on this blog post — i sent him a response on his facebook wall. He deleted what i wrote and unfriended me.
You can now see my full post - at http://wactivist.com/article/1035/ed-espinoza
May 9th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Chris Stampolis?! Im old enough to remember that!
May 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I’m old enough to remember when Tony Cani tried anonymous blogging. If he’d sent out a press release when he “outed” himself (to the shock of absolutely no one) maybe more than one person would remember it.
Pass the popcorn, Tedski.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
LOL @ Todd. Are you as amazed as I am that he is still around?
May 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
The post function on Tony Cani’s wactivist.com/ has conveniently stopped working so Tedski you are the only place I can go. Ed deserves all the good publicity he received for his endorsement process as a Super Delegate. His insight has been particularly unique and interesting and something that I have relied on for perspective to my clients in my job. Ed’s gone “elbows in” for me before so don’t think I wouldn’t do the same for him.
What I have enjoyed is Tony Cani’s assertion that he’s just a “kid.” Tic-toc Cani, last I checked you are closer to 35 then you are to 21. Don’t worry though, we’ll be sure to give you the same award for being useless that we bequeathed to Bill DeMora back before you knew what YDA meant. And, to make sure you feel just the right amount of special, I’ll hire some “kid” to do it.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
“After Ed tried to get me in trouble with teh board of directors and my boss where I work for the comments above ”
Begs the question, what the hell kind of mickey mouse organization would care too much about the big dick contest you just lost???
May 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
What ever happened to Bill DeMora… that seems like ages ago!
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