Do you support the Dem's super delegate system the way it is?

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Sanders hack who likes superdels reporting in.

I think letting the elected officials have a say in the ticket they're going to have to run under is fine.

We've just got a set of cowardly and myopic elected officials right now.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Sanders hack who likes superdels reporting in.

I think letting the elected officials have a say in the ticket they're going to have to run under is fine.

We've just got a set of cowardly and myopic elected officials right now.

Chicken, even?

As others have said, it's irrelevant this cycle because Clinton will get the necessary number of pledged delegates. That said, superdelegates are good for the health of the parties. Without them, candidates like George McGovern (and/or Bernie Sanders) and Barry Goldwater (and/or Donald Trump) get nominated.

The way in which they are allocated is probably in need of reform. As Leader Pelosi has pointed out.

Not that superdelegates have ever actually decided a primary.

Uhhh, McGovern got nominated in a system that contained Supers.

<<Insert fight here where Sanders is a better candidate than Clinton any day and you too suffer from the blindness that is destroying the Democratic party>>

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Sanders hack who likes superdels reporting in.

I think letting the elected officials have a say in the ticket they're going to have to run under is fine.

We've just got a set of cowardly and myopic elected officials right now.

The conservative wing of the Democratic party is more interested in winning than in fighting for principles. This problem has existed for a long time.

True. But that doesn't mean it's unfixable.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Winning is fighting for your principles.

Clinton's a little bit to the right of me on some things (I still agree with her on 92% of issues), while Sanders' is more in line (~95%). Republicans, meanwhile are entirely disagreeable.

Let's not turn this into a Sanders Hack/Clinton Hack thread, but like...

Principles, Clinton... Gotcha.

Whitepapers aren't appointments, policy on the trail isn't policy in office, or even on the negotiating table, and I'd much prefer to use the past 20 years to judge Clinton's policy than what she says now, even if it does sound nice to the ears.