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

[David Bradley]

No idea what the stated purpose is of super delegates, but would
imagine they would be useful in a stalemate situation at the national
convention.

Just learned the caucus process this year in Washington state - pretty
interesting to see grass roots politics roll up to the legilative
district level (I was a Clinton delegate in round 2).  Amazing how
consistent the vote was from our neighborhood to the district in the
context of overall state results.  Amazing also to see every nutcase
show up to try to inject something into the platform (plenty of
nutcases in both parties).

Dave


On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
>
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