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[NorthCarolina]

1. Superdelegates are the establishment's firewall against grass-roots

non-establishment approved candidates....like Bernie.

[Nanjeanne]

2. And the Republicans don't even have Super Delegates

Who'd a thunk it?

[NorthCarolina]

5. The establishment has no issue with Republicans as, for them, pretty much any GOP'er will do.

The Democratic Party however is a different story. If they could GUARANTEE that ONLY Triangulating DLC New Dem types could be allowed to compete then Superdelegates would not be needed.

Bernie represents precisely what the Superdelegates are meant to guard against. What other reasonable purpose could Superdelegates be meant to serve if it isn't to decide the outcome of a primary contest in favor of the establishment? None.

[DesertRat]

4. The Democratic party has had superdelegates for over 40 years

Where've you been?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

[DesertRat]

10. Bernie knew about how the Democrats

choose their nominee and leader of their party when he recently decided to join the party.
But, It's still very early, many more state primaries coming up. Supers may not even be an issue.

[Codeine]

6. We've been using superdelegates for almost half a century. Why the sudden freakouts?

They're not going to be an issue.

[Codeine]

9. I'm neutral on them.

I believe it's reasonable to give a political party some latitude on how they select their candidate; this could help avoid a McGovern situation. We seem to forget that political parties aren't really obligated to allow voters to choose their nominee.

That said, I honestly see superdelegates as a non-issue in the modern era; the Party knows better than to alienate its voters at the start of a general election campaign, so they will be released to line up with the winner of the majority of pledged delegates at the convention.

Bottom line -- if Sanders wins more pledged delegates than Clinton then he'll be the nominee, superdelegates notwithstanding.

[Codeine]

12. Party politics and democracy are two different things. nt