Some Clear Thinking on Superdelegates
LiberalOasis' Bill Scher is the optimist in the superdelegate debate today, and I need some optimism. Here's hoping for a blowout, just so that the Democrats don't look undemocratic. But then, Conn Carroll (who's the liberal here?) ruins it with his progressive coup scenario.
Fortunately, Kevin Drum rebuts the progressive presumption and Daniel W. Drezner skewers the logic of this incipient undemocratic reaction to what is the result of not establishing a national primary system. If states can decide when to hold their primaries and caucuses, then the two parties will just have to deal with the mess. Ultimately, it's the DNC's fault for not doing at least what the GOP did, taking half the delegate count.
Speaking of democracy, here's a primer on how delegate selection works.
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