2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Super delegates have worked for the Dems in the past. Why all of a sudden the move to get rid [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)If the conversations against the established practice had happened during the off-season, the arguments would seem more sincere and less self-serving.
That 90% of the SD discussions happened only after they began to move in one or another direction, doing precisely what they were established to do, and within the means and the scope of their obligations, compels me to believe that that this "concern" is due to the particular leanings of the delegates in this particular election rather than the actual substance or justification of their existence in and of itself.
Had the discussions been taking place with the same consistency during off-election years-- in 2014, 2013, 2007, 2003, I'd easily place both my faith and my trust in the sincerity of the discussion as a genuine concern. As it is now, it comes across as little more than a straw-man used to rationalize less-than-stellar performance of a candidate.