Superdelegates and DNC Thwart Democracy
Nearly 20% of the delegates at the Democratic National Convention will not be delegates chosen by the democratic process, rather they will be part of the classic Old Boys Network: officials and party power brokers who want to make sure the masses don’t mess things up. It’s the same ancient outdated politics that gave us the electoral college instead of a direct election for president. Now, with a close race in elected delegates between two candidates, it is quite likely that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will have enough delegates for the nomination without the so-called “superdelegates”. That means the nominee will not be chosen by people who voted for one candidate or the other, but by nearly 800 party insiders. The DNC should do away with these superdelegates altogether, or they face a repeat of the 1968 debacle that put Richard Nixon in the White House.