Originally Posted by northhunter 
The whole idea of the super delegates is amazing to me. Especially when it's the Democrats that came up with them. All the chants of "count every vote!" or was it "every vote counts" in 2000 and 2004 and they do this? So what, it's now count every vote unless we don't like how it's going?
Sounds like something the evil, big brother, big business run Republican party would conspire to create. (yes that was sarcastic)
I'm thinking the democrats will hold a makeover on their primary process after this. You almost had to feel sorry for Dean as he tries to explain the process on the Sunday talk shows this weekend.
Traditionally, the GOP elite have decided the candidate from the get go...their primaries aren't as "oo i have no idea what is going to happen" until very recently...and they lucked out with McCain...they could have easily ended up with Mittens as their candidate and then they'd have 0 chance at the White House
Generally, the rank and file republicans haven't cared...
However during the 1980s, there was a problem with Democrats worrying all a candidate had to do was grease enough hands at several big states with votes and then, with a nice lead over the other candidates...much like in poker just "push" them out...also there was a worry that such people could be either extremely liberal or conservative and send the party off the cliff, and there would nothing to stop them from taking control of the party for that election cycle
SD actually can be VERY useful this election, as Hillary could have dragged this on forever saying Florida and Michigan weren't valid, and then stating again and again that they needed to revote in a full primary, blah blah blah...could have been a fight to the convention floor easily
but if SD give Obama a huge lead, it doesn't matter if FL/MI went 80% for Hillary, he'd still have a good lead
04-28-2008, 12:40 PM
