Keep fighting to the end. Even if Hillary loses the popular vote and delegate vote, she deserves the nomination and it's the duty of the superdelegates to do the right thing and give it to her.
If the superdelegates' job is to simply mirror the electorate, then why do they exist?
In design, they are there to thwart the Democratic electorate.
The Clintons own the party and no one should be surprised if Obama ends up with more votes and more delegates going into the convention, but he walks out empty-handed.
From what I've read, they exist to ensure that there is one definite nominee - they are supposed to go with the nominee with the most votes. There was a nominee a while ago (I think with Mondale) where people weren't particularly pleased with him because he got the nomination by the skin of his teeth. Thus, the superdelegates were instituted.
Re: "They are supposed to go with the nominee with the most votes."nevermind6794March 6 2008, 05:45:07 UTC
You're right, I remembered incorrectly. From looking around, it appears that some Democrats in the late 70s wanted long-term party members to have a bigger role in the nomination process after things like Carter's nomination/victory, so the superdelegates were instituted.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/01/opinion/main3779674.shtml
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If the superdelegates' job is to simply mirror the electorate, then why do they exist?
In design, they are there to thwart the Democratic electorate.
The Clintons own the party and no one should be surprised if Obama ends up with more votes and more delegates going into the convention, but he walks out empty-handed.
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At least, that's what I think I remember.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/delegates.explainer/
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This is the article I read a while ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/opinion/10devine.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=superdelegates&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Here's a good one, too:
http://superdelegates.org/Main_Page
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