Superdelegate Scandal Starting Soon
In November millions of Democrats will go cast their vote for a Presidential candidate that they may or may not have voted for during the Primaries. That isn’t going to be different than it has been during the last 30 years, what will be different is that democrats may be voting for the candidate that lost a majority of the Primaries and received less of the popular vote. This hasn’t been a real problem in the past because of the presents of one dominant candidate by this point in the election cycle and this time around it is really close between two strong democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Sen. Obama leads the Delegate count for Democrats, when you just count primaries and caucuses that have taken place, when you add in superdelegates, Sen. Clinton has a nice lead that will probably just get bigger, regardless of how people vote and more than likely garner herself the Democratic Presidential nomination. Many Superdelegates were cast before the Caucuses and Primaries started. How could this happen you might be asking yourself. Here is how and it can be summed up in one word- Superdelegates.
We here at Political Kudzu have been griping and complaining about Superdelegates for a while. Why were we complaining about superdelegates? This is why, Superdelegates potentially take away an individuals voting power, and essentially making our democratic process, not so democratic. The Superdelegate is quite frankly a watered down form of Socialism/Communism, in that it potentially allows the democratic elites to tell people who they will be voting for in November. Here is the back story of Superdelegates.
Americans like a level playing field.
We wouldn’t watch the Super Bowl if one team was given a free touchdown to start. We’re apoplectic over the idea of baseball players loading up on steroids.
No wonder the Democratic Party is facing serious scrutiny over the idea that superdelegates are tilting its presidential playing field in favor of Hillary Clinton.
If you haven’t heard of these folks in past elections, don’t feel bad. They have been, at times, a rather obscure bunch.
Here’s their story, in short:
A few decades ago, Democratic leaders felt that sometimes, Democratic voters were choosing poor presidential candidates: campaigners who couldn’t win elections, or even if they could, they didn’t please Democratic kingmakers.
Jimmy Carter, for example, was an obscure candidate who developed so much popular appeal that he essentially forced Democratic Party leaders to accept him as the nominee, even though not everyone was thrilled by it.
See? So the party changed the rules for picking its nominee.
They made the superdelegates: a super class of super Democrats, each of whom could vote at the convention for a candidate of choice — in effect, giving each of these Democrats the power of tens of thousands of average citizens.
Who are they? Democratic members of Congress, governors, big-shot party members: Bill Clinton, for example. The theory was that the superdelegates could help steer the party toward solid, competitive candidates, and away from Monday morning regrets.
There are about 800 of them, and that’s a lot when you can win the nomination with only about 2,000 delegates. Hence the controversy
Source: CNN
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WHAT IS THE REAL REASON FOR HILLARY’S DESPERATE ATTEMT TO SEEK THE NOMINATION? HILLARY CAN’T WIN AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS. HER TACTICS ARE SLY AND SHEEPISH. I WOULD CERTAINLY FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HILLARY CLINTON AS PRESIDENT.
SHE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT REALLY DOESN’T SEEM ALL THAT INTERESTED IN THE PARTY, PER SE, BUT RATHER HER OWN SELF-SERVING AGENDA TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN NOMINEE, BUT SHE KNOWS SHE WOULD NOT BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT. WHY WASTE VOTES FOR HILLARY CLINTON?
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SENATOR OBAMA WIN NOT ONLY THE NOMINATION, BUT THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE IS A WELL RESPECTED, DIVERSIFIED, COMPETENT AND LOYAL AMERICAN.
CHANGE, POSITIVE CHANGE IS WHAT I HONESTLY BELIEVE HE IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING TO THE WHITE HOUSE. I WAS ALSO VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE COMMENTS MADE AT THE LAST DEBATE, WHEN HE SAID, HE DOES NOT WANT “YES” MEN SND WOMEN TO SORROUND HIM, RATHER HE WANTS PEOPLE THAT WILL WORK WITH HIM AND STATE THEIR OPINIONS. HILLARY SEEMS TO BE DICTATORIAL.
I hope people get angry about the superdelegate situation. This is a ridiculous system. It’s ironic that the superdelegates are exclusive to the “Democratic” party. I have created a pledge that basically says that if the superdelegates nominate a candidate contrary to how the people voted, I will leave the Democratic party. I won’t stand for an unjust system neither should you. You can find the pledge at http://invisibleleader.blogspot.com You can sign it there, and even embed it in your own website to promote the same cause.