Super Delegates - Why?

A decision needs to be made, and it needs to be made now. If the Dems want ANY chance of getting their asses in the hot seat, they need to finish this.

So do you think there should be Super Delegates? If so, on what do you think they should base their vote? Based on personal judgement or based on the majority of elected delegates? If the latter, again...why have Super Delegates?

In my opinion, this is a firm example of the flawed Democratic party's notion that elected officials (a.k.a., "the government") should remove the decision-making power from the American people themselves. Apparently, the DNC thinks that to some degree, their own party's insiders know what's better for the people than do the people themselves.

The inevitable chaos that will be caused by this Super Delegate system is a firm example of how ineffective this "big government" approach can be. Democrats are shooting themselves in the foot with this one.

I would be curious to hear a Democrat's opinion on the existence of Super Delegates. I have heard many Democrat's opinions on how the Super Delegates should vote, but have heard none admit that this is a bad idea altogether.

I want change. I want Obama. I want change. I want Obama.

You forgot to include the word "hope" in your post. Isn't that another buzzword overused by that seemingly empty vessel?

Questions for the Dems on this forum:

- Question #1: Why are there Super Delegates?
- Question #2: Should the Super Delegates exercise their own "better informed" judgements to select the candidate they feel is best for the Democratic nomination, even if this means chosing Clinton over Obama regardless of Obama's lead among elected delegates?
- Question #3: If the answer to Question #2 is no, which in essence is saying that the Super Delegates should simply "rubber stamp" the votes of the elected delegates, this takes me back to Question #1.

Questions for the Dems on this forum:

- Question #1: Why are there Super Delegates?
- Question #2: Should the Super Delegates exercise their own "better informed" judgements to select the candidate they feel is best for the Democratic nomination, even if this means chosing Clinton over Obama regardless of Obama's lead among elected delegates?
- Question #3: If the answer to Question #2 is no, which in essence is saying that the Super Delegates should simply "rubber stamp" the votes of the elected delegates, this takes me back to Question #1.

A decision needs to be made, and it needs to be made now. If the Dems want ANY chance of getting their asses in the hot seat, they need to finish this.

So do you think there should be Super Delegates? If so, on what do you think they should base their vote? Based on personal judgement or based on the majority of elected delegates? If the latter, again...why have Super Delegates?

In my opinion, this is a firm example of the flawed Democratic party's notion that elected officials (a.k.a., "the government") should remove the decision-making power from the American people themselves. Apparently, the DNC thinks that to some degree, their own party's insiders know what's better for the people than do the people themselves.

The inevitable chaos that will be caused by this Super Delegate system is a firm example of how ineffective this "big government" approach can be. Democrats are shooting themselves in the foot with this one.

I would be curious to hear a Democrat's opinion on the existence of Super Delegates. I have heard many Democrat's opinions on how the Super Delegates should vote, but have heard none admit that this is a bad idea altogether.

In my opinion, this is a firm example of the flawed Democratic party's notion that elected officials (a.k.a., "the government") should remove the decision-making power from the American people themselves. Apparently, the DNC thinks that to some degree, their own party's insiders know what's better for the people than do the people themselves.

The inevitable chaos that will be caused by this Super Delegate system is a firm example of how ineffective this "big government" approach can be. Democrats are shooting themselves in the foot with this one.

Better write your Congressman. Funny how dems like to talk about how mean repugs are in elections. The you see the *** that's on husseins back. And wonder if there is any worse. But you probably approved of the Sklintons before right, were you of the opinion that billieboy was the first black president, LOL.

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate before the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

On Saturday, Clinton said she wants Obama to face off with her in a debate without a moderator, Lincoln-Douglas style.

"I'm not ducking. We've had 21" debates, Obama said on "Fox News Sunday."

"For two weeks, two big states, we want to make sure we're talking to as many voters on the ground, taking questions from voters," he said. "We're not going to have debates between now and Indiana."

The more open style of debating where each side presents an argument gets its name from the famed debates that took place during the 1858 U.S. Senate race in Illinois between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas.

Trailing in delegates and the popular vote, Clinton has been stepping up the pressure on Obama for more debates in advance of primaries on May 6 in Indiana and North Carolina.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said superdelegates should make known their choices on the Democratic nominee for president by the end of June. Ultimately, he said he believes their decisions will be based on who is more electable, rather than necessarily who has the most pledged delegates, because that is what party rules stipulate.

"This is essentially pretty close to a tie here," Dean said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"What's going to happen in the last nine primaries is there's going to be some feeling at some point that one of these candidates is more likely to win than the other and that person will get the nomination. I can't tell you who that is, I have no idea who that is, but that's what's going to happen," Dean said.