Sanders-backed DNC plan sparks superdelegate revolt

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89. You are probably right that nothing is really "fixed."

But what actually happened is not the issue.

What could have happened, what could happen, is the problem.

The losers will almost certainly believe that superdelegates do make a difference, that they do fix the outcome. And then they won't support the winner because they feel cheated.

I appreciate your reasoning, and I know that the super delegates are mostly good people and they generally vote for the winner.

But the fact is that super delegates make the primary, nomination process appear crooked to vulnerable voters, new voters, voters who are sad because their candidate lost the primary. The key word there is appear.

Whether the nomination was crooked or fixed is important to you and me but not to those who want to believe that the process is fixed. And those are the voters we need to think of. Those are the voters who may not vote if they think the process is fixed.

Thus, the existence of super delegates depresses the Democratic vote. It turns off voters who think they the process including the superdelegates unfair.

We need to show and back up the fact that the process of nominating our Democratic candidates is fair and above board. We need to make sure it is fair and make a big deal out of our fairness. I repeat: The process of nominating candidates has to be unquestionably honest and fair. Superdelegates invite suspicion that it isn't. Their existence and role in picking candidates hurts our party.

We need to make a big deal of the fact that our nominating process is fair and honest and not fixed in any way. That will bring back a lot of lost voters -- making sure that we are inwardly and outwardly above board and honest and don't fix the outcome at all.