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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:49 PM Original message |
So what is the purpose of super-delegates, anyway? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. To rubber-stamp the will of Democratic Undergr.... er, the people |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. To make sure that the status quo doesn't change much |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. To keep the party, not the people, in control of the ultimate nominee... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. mcscajun is right, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And THAT was such a depressing year. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. First Presidential Election I was able to vote in... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. 49 states for Nixon! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. To ensure that even if party leaders failed to back the right |
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cd3dem (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Got a Problem? Ask the Super |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Thanks! And here's the piece that most people seem to forget: |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. So how should the super d's vote? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Here's Geraldine Ferraro's take on that, thanks to cd3dem |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. To protect their own arses. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. To keep the voters from throwing out incompetent but well-connected party elite |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Supposedly, it was to prevent a "crackpot" from getting the nomination |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. the "crackpot" was McGovern |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes..in that instance..but they hoped to control the process from there on |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Obviously if it was just go with the candidate that has a |
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TheDeathadder (731 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. Obama has a slight lead in delegates |
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writes3000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. Obama has a large delegate lead |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. Superdelegates have some influence. They don't "decide the nomination." |
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