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Originally Posted by Spencer Collins
For once,Pelosi is correct!
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I disagree...I think she's off by a mile...
First, a little disclaimer...
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The speaker believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of the voters.
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If this is SOOOOOOO true..
...then why evan HAVE friggin' superdelegates?!?!?!?!..If their job is to JUST DO the exact same thing the public already did, then they aren't even needed...You would just go by the public's vote and not even have them...
Morons...
Now...on to the REAL reason there are superdelegates...
The system was setup...much like Commie Russia...NOT to do the "will of the people", but to do the BEST OPTION for the Democratic Party...
Example...
Nominee "A" wins a majority of the primaries, but is found to have been in a scandal late in the race that virtually destroys the chances of that person to be the POTUS...That nominee WINS the overall amount of delegates and refuses to pull out of the race, yet the Democratic Party KNOWS that the scandal will ruin their chances at the presidency and will damage the party itself...
So the superdelegates...who were set up to make choices of THEIR OWN, could decide on whether or not to keep nominee "A" (which they wouldn't if they were smart) or decide upon nominee "B" (or "C", "D" and so on)...
In other words, they believe they have a DUTY to go against "the will of the people" if they believe "the will of the people" will ultimately hurt the party more than it helps...
Now that's the obvious case...another case would've been if someone like Kucinich or Gravel somehow rose to the top of the field...The Democratic leaders and their superdelegates KNOW that either one of them would get their clock cleaned by any Republican (except Paul), so they'd HAVE to vote differently from "the will of the people" in order to have a legitimate shot...
This setup, of course, didn't include what would happen in a close race like now when NEITHER candidate may end up getting enough delegates without superdelegate help...
To give you an idea of how badly this is setup, I'll throw out an analogy...
Imagine Major League Baseball set up the World Series like this...
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The first team to win 5 games is declared the champion...There will be a maximum of 7 games...If, after 7 games, one team is ahead 4-3, then that means that neither team has the required number of wins (5) to be declared champion, so we will have a vote from every manager and general manager in the league on who the champion should be."
