Hello world-wide web this Adam58, bringing you a continuation on my recent blog "SUPER DELEGATES OR SUPER PROBLEMS."
In the recent days since my last post on the issue numerous news agencies have been harping on the issue of how much power the Super Delegates may have in the selection of the Democratic Presidential candidate.In fact both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both made statements regarding the issue of the super delegates. Barack Obama's campaign stated that super delegates should not leap of their state delegates and vote for who they want if it is opposite to the state's view. Hillary Clinton on the other hand stated that the normal delegates just as the super delegates should vote with their conscience whether it is what the majority of their state voted or not (THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM).
Quite possibly the reason why the super delegates have become such a large issue is the fact that Barack Obama has a momentary lead in the standard delegate count, and Hillary Clinton has a slight lead over Barack with the number of super delegates she posseses. The big possibility which will probably become a reality is the fact that neither of the candidates will have enough pledged delegates to win the nomination,which means the democratic party will be relying on the corrupted and bribed super-delegates.
It is amazing that right now instead of campaigning hard in delegate rich states such as Texas and Ohio, candidates are actually making "house calls" to the super-delegates and trying to get them to vote in their favor. I believe that instead of fostering a devisive convention in the fall, democratic candidates should work on gaining support of pledged delegates which do in fact represent the populous. I also believe that if their is a brokered convention as has been stated, the democratic party will once again not be able to beat the Republican party candidate because many democrats will feel turned off by what happened at the convention.
As always I will leave you with a question: Do you think that it is ethically justified to have a system that involves super-delegates when it comes to selecting someone of presidential candidate magnitude?
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I definitely feel that super delegates are not justified. I saw a news special that showed a close up look at one of these super delegates. He was a college student. He was either 19 or 20 years old with no political background, yet he has the same amount of voting power as thousands of other ordinary Americans. And what surprised me even more was that Bill Clinton had flown out to treat him to a night on the town, essentially trying to buy his vote. I think it is rediculous that the presidential nominee could be decided by a select few instead of the general public.
I'm indiffrent as long as it doesn't hurt their ability to seize the whitehouse!
I agree that this system is flawed and has obvious implications to corruption. The issue however really isn't whether or not they should be taken out, but what should currently take place with the super delegates we are stuck with. Right now they are a necessary evil since neither candidate has the possibility of attaining nomination delegate supremacy without round after round of floor fights or a brokered convention as you have mentioned.
They are however only useful to a certain point because even in a situation where hilary kept her lead and did well enough in these following states ,as she seems to be doing, that would just about give her a tie to a slight lead over obama and it would still be a floor fight or brokered convention. Therefore I do not believe they are as much the problem this election. The problem is deeper than that. Also in terms of voters staying home, that is being over hyped, rarely do supporters not make their peace with the winning candidate in the democratic party, and mccain does not look safe enough for those people to stay home regardless. Finally about your statement of these problems leading to a republican victory, I think one more threatening issue is the two states that broke ranks and are now being denied their delegate seating at convention. They are both very important for the general and have a history of being bitter about things like this. The other issues can be healed over a almost year long general election, but those are just my thoughts