(URGENT UPDATE) SUPER DELEGATES OR SUPER PROBLEMS
By Adam58
Created Feb 18 2008 - 7:50am
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?