Should superdelegates be abolished?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Poll question: Should superdelegates be abolished?

I just did some research to find out what the hell "superdelegates" were. Well, now I know. The question is: should they be done away with and hold the primary only with the just-elected delegates?

[ColbertWatcher]

1. What are superdelegates?

You really oughta include the definition, or a link to the definition or an article or...

[dbackjon]

2. Here ya go

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


http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. I purposefully left that as homework. Hence option #3. -nt

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Yes, well...

...I knew why you did it, in fact, I was going to post a note about it in the margin, but there was no room.

[suston96]

3. No. They are the elected leaders of their parties. Leave them be.

Concentrate on a national primary instead.

[dbackjon]

6. Other - here are the SuperDelegate Criteria

The procedure to be used for certifying unpledged party leader and elected official delegates is as follows:
Not later than March 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Democratic National Committee shall officially confirm to each State Democratic Chair the names of the following unpledged delegates who legally reside in their respective state and who shall be recognized as part of their state’s delegation unless any such member has publicly expressed support for the election of, or has endorsed, a presidential candidate of another political party;

The individuals recognized as members of the DNC (as set forth in Article Three, Sections 2 and 3 of the Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States); and,

The Democratic President and the Democratic Vice President of the United States, if applicable; and,

All Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives and all Democratic members of the United States Senate; and,

The Democratic Governor, if applicable; and,

All former Democratic Presidents, all former Democratic Vice Presidents, all former Democratic Leaders of the U.S. Senate, all former Democratic Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Minority Leaders, as applicable, and all former Chairs of the Democratic National Committee.


The bolded ones are the ones that should lose SD status, especially DNC members.

[MADem]

7. What do you have against Howard Dean? I think he's done a fine job with the DNC.

And those former guys in leadership positions--hell, there aren't that many of them. That's a courtesy more than anything else. I think the world doesn't end if Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Walter Mondale and Al Gore get a small say in the proceedings...

[dbackjon]

8. Note - I left in the former VP's and Presidents

DNC members are unelected, as opposed to CURRENT Govenors, Senators, etc.

[Yael]

10. So they should get more of a say than anyone else?

[NoPasaran]

13. DNC members are elected by the state conventions

[Yael]

9. Oh hells yes -- dump them NOW

It isn't right that 760-some individuals get to take up 40% of the nominating for 300,000,000 people.

[no name no slogan]

11. A compromise-- limit their votes to 1/2 that of a regular delegate

[tekisui]

12. No individual should get more of a vote than any other.

Regardless of their occupation.

796 out of the 4051 delegates are superdelegates.

[Hippo_Tron]

14. Yes, they should be considered non voting delegates

Meaning that they are invited to the convention but not allowed to vote as a delegate.

[FlyingSquirrel]

15. SOMETHING needs to change, that's for sure. nt