Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]The Mouth
(3,150 posts)and the supers decide on a different candidate, because, according to some here it means "he's not a unifying candidate", then,,
How the fuck could any other candidate claim to be a "unifying candidate".
Maybe they could claim to be "The candidate of the DNC establishment", or "The candidate of the people who don't want Bernie", but just convincing some super delegates to vote for them doesn't qualify a candidate IN THE EYES OF MYSELF OR OF *MANY* PEOPLE.
I understand well the reason for Super delegates, after the fiascoes of 1968 and 1972, but the original intent was to make the party appear unified, not to swipe the nomination from the person with the most delegates.
The super delegates *should* have to vote for whoever has the most delegates on the first ballot, being free to do whatever afterwards.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided