[Rhodes22-list] Could a Dem Answer this For Me?

[Herb Parsons]

In a recent article, Dick Morris wrote:

"The Democratic superdelegates aren't about to risk a massive and 
sanguinary civil war by taking the nomination away from the candidate 
who won more elected delegates. If they ever tried it, we'd see a repeat 
of the demonstrations that smashed the 1968 Chicago convention and 
ruined Hubert Humphrey's chances of victory"

That seems to be the prevailing attitude among Democrats, that the 
"superdelegates" should vote the way their popular vote goes. These 
superdelegates are NOT the same as the electoral college 
representatives, they are independent delegates.

So, my question to the Dems out there, if they are should only vote the 
way the popular vote went, what's their purpose?