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I don't know about "rigged".
Mar 9, 2016, 9:05 AM
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It's the way the Democratic party has chosen to operate for a long time, right? They have delegates that represent the people, and delegates that represent party leadership.
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Schultz- "I know nothing..." Prototypical of the problem.
Mar 9, 2016, 9:30 AM
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Superdelegates are the DNC's equivalent of the #NoTrump GOP establishment. The backlash scares the Billary camp, and Shultz.
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Re: I don't know about "rigged".
Mar 9, 2016, 9:35 AM
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When the people of Michigan vote for Bernie, but then the Delegate's (supposedly representing the people) vote Hillary.......well, your post just doesnt make sense.
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CU Medallion [73569]
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the RNC is wishing it had it this yr lol
Mar 9, 2016, 9:37 AM
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look for that to happen in the near future.
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You got that right.***
Mar 9, 2016, 10:11 AM
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Brokered conventions are already part of the rules
Mar 9, 2016, 10:59 AM
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Since, in the Republican Party, people elect delegates who are bound to a candidate, it's not an entirely democratic nomination process either. As far as I know, at the convention the delegates have to go wherever the candidate wants them to go.
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Good answer, unfortunately the boobirds don't care for
Mar 9, 2016, 10:25 AM
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good answers.
Go opposing Tigers, have the decency to post the truth.
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Orange Blooded [3590]
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Maybe we should do this in the general election, There would
Mar 9, 2016, 9:43 AM
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be "Super Voters", and then there would be the rest of us.
In all seriousness, what is the purpose of a super delegate?
Are the Dems afraid of their own constituency?
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to nominate someone the dnc wants, not the people***
Mar 9, 2016, 9:45 AM
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For once, we agree. +1...***
Mar 9, 2016, 9:57 AM
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To insulate from the will of the majority.
Mar 9, 2016, 10:10 AM
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This is not a new concept...it's the reason we have a republic, not a democracy.
I'm not saying I think "superdelegates" are a good thing...I just don't think it's necessarily corruption.
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CU Medallion [73569]
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nobody said corruption
Mar 9, 2016, 10:12 AM
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just rigged. When a candidate wins the state and gets far less delegates, that is rigged.
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Well, I would say it's only "rigged"
Mar 9, 2016, 10:14 AM
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If the superdelegates are voting a certain way because they are being coerced in some way. If not, then the superdelegates are just exercising their vote like everyone else.
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"Everybody else" doesn't get to remain a part of the elite.***
Mar 9, 2016, 10:18 AM
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*shrugs****
Mar 9, 2016, 10:22 AM
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Atlas...? Maybe just a Dem version...?***
Mar 9, 2016, 10:28 AM
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Are primary elections even legally regulated?
Mar 9, 2016, 10:41 AM
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I'm pretty sure they're just run by the parties. The parties have decided that it was better for their registered voters to take the lead in picking their candidate rather than for party leaders to be take the main role in picking them. But that doesn't mean the parties couldn't make rules that would change the way nominations work.
So the Super Delegates would be kind of like unelected representatives of the party who are entrusted to pick the best candidate, rather than being bound to pick based on who got more votes.
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"Kind of like"? No. That's exactly what they are, though
Mar 9, 2016, 11:02 AM
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some are elected...
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