HRC would have been nominated without the superdelegates...that proves we don't NEED them.

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188. Your analysis is wrong as normal

Super delegates are party leaders who have earned the right to have their voices heard. Your analysis is totally silly in that you clearly do not understand the DNC rules. I was Clinton delegate to the National Convention. I have read the DNC and the model state party rules on delegate selection. Under DNC rules no delegate (both pledged or super) are legally obligated to vote for any candidate. The DNC rules are in effect based on the same legal reasoning that says that presidential electors are free to vote for the candidate of their choice. I understand and agree with the legal analysis underlying the current DNC rules which is why I think that your proposals and the plans to "bind" super delegates to vote the same as the results of such super delegate's state primary do not make sense and will not work. If the legal reasoning in the presidential elector case is correct, then the DNC cannot bind either pledged delegates or super delegates to vote for a particular candidate. The current DNC rules are clear that pledged delegates as well as super delegates can vote as such delegates deem fit.

I know a number of members of the Congressional Black Caucus as well as a number of super delegates. Elected officials are free to endorse the candidate of their choice during the primary process and should not lose this right simply because they are a super delegate

I am amused that you think that being part of the party is a bad thing. I will continue to work inside the party because that is the best way to help protect democracy