Great piece by Charles Pierce

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Bernie himself is a superdelegate. The lobbyist in question is a member of the DNC

who is a former member of the Tennessee state legislature and an executive member of the Tennessee Democratic Party. That's one of the ways one gets to be a superdelegate:

Superdelegates fall into four categories based on other positions they hold, and are formally described (in Rule 9.A) as "unpledged party leader and elected official delegates" consisting of:

Elected members of the Democratic National Committee: "the chairs and vice chairs of each state and territorial Democratic Party; 212 national committeemen and committeewomen elected to represent their states; top officials of the DNC itself and several of its auxiliary groups (such as the Democratic Attorneys General Association, the National Federation of Democratic Women and the Young Democrats of America); and 75 at-large members who are nominated by the party chairman and chosen by the full DNC."
Most of the at-large members "are local party leaders, officeholders and donors or representatives of important Democratic constituencies, such as organized labor." There were 437 DNC members (with 433 votes) who were superdelegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Democratic Governors (including territorial governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia). There were 21 Democratic Governors who were superdelegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Democratic Members of Congress. There were 191 U.S. Representatives (including non-voting delegates from Washington, D.C. and territories) and 47 U.S. Senators (including Washington, D.C. shadow senators) who were superdelegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Distinguished party leaders (consisting of current and former Presidents, Vice Presidents, congressional leaders, and DNC chairs). There were 20 of these who were superdelegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

This person is only one of 771 superdelegates, and he won't be voting unless there isn't a majority winner after the first ballot. These are the rules Bernie agreed to in 2016. Too fucking bad if he's butthurt about them now.