I’m not a Democrat anymore…..changed to independent some years ago.
A SuperDeligate is a delegate nominated by the DNC to vote. I don’t believe they are told how to vote, but it’s their job to balance the sometime idiocy of the American people.
Yes – as much as we like to thing we’re perfect, we’re sometimes idiots. Hey – we as a people elected George W. Bush not once, but TWICE in rapid succession.
Personally I’m ok with whichever one gets nominated, I like the idea of either of them as president, though I think that Hillary needs to back off and continue to fight clean, (if she’s willing to smear Barak Obama to become president, she doesn’t deserve to be president.)
That being said, I think that as much as I believe Clinton would make a great president (Bill-II) I think Obama, rather than Clinton, has the ability to beat McCain, and *THAT* is why I feel like the superdeligates come in handy. Maybe the majority of democrats want Clinton, but if Clinton is nominated by “the people” it will only serve to energize the republican party and unite them behind John McCain.
The DNC has the party’s best interests in mind, and if that means that the superdeligates will turn the election to Obama regardless of Clinton winning the vote, they should do that.
The reason they are there, and in the specific number is a good one. A candidate that wins the primary with an overwhelming majority can’t be turned by the superdeligates, but when it’s close, sometimes it’s up to some to put more thought into the issue than most voters do.
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From: <REMOVED>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:28 PM
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Subject: DNC Petition
Pass this on as you see fit.
There is an online petition asking the DNC to choose the candidate with the most votes and delegates rather than take the chance that Washington Insiders will override the will of the voters with a secret “backroom deal”.
Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/Superdel/petition.html
