So what will decide? The majority of the primaries and caucuses are being won by Barack Obama, but why is he not ahead? The reason: SUPERDELEGATES. They're not just delegates that are won in states, they're the SUPER ones. What does that mean? Well they're the delegates that candidates don't get from the primary/caucus process. They're people from the Democratic National Convention who hold positions such as party officials or others along that line. Who do these people represent? Well, themselves really. They each get one vote and can give it to whichever candidate they want. There are about 796 superdelegates that can go to either candidate. They can even flop from one candidate to another at any given time. Obama has won more states than Clinton, but he is still a few delegates behind because she has more support from these DNC people. The pledged superdelegate count looks like this at this moment:
261 Clinton
176 Obama
359 Undecided
Do the voters feel a bit ripped off? Millions have gone out to vote in hopes that the amount of delegates in their states goes to the candidate they want to win. But since Clinton won the states with the larger amount of delegates on Super Tuesday but Obama won more, these delegates just make them even more tied -- if that makes sense. The tie breaker, as stated before, is now up to these superdelegates. To quote something that is often said, and that I feel relevant at the moment: "All men are created equal, but some are more equal than others." The some in this situation are these people who get a whole vote to themselves.
Have I sold you on the illegitimacy and unfairness of these superdelegates yet? No? Here's something interesting. Superdelegates can be anyone relating to the DNC and can be any age. Did I mention that they don't have to be pre-approved by voters? No offense to the young, but there is a 21 year-old manboy that is in possession of one of these superdelegates. Jason Rae is a college student who has been helping the DNC, directly or indirectly, for a few years now. He hasn't decided who he's going to vote for yet, but has received many phone calls to try to get his vote. Former President Bill Clinton has phoned up this manboy hoping he'd give his vote to his wife. Has Bill Clinton phoned every other American who is able to vote to do so? Why does this manboy get special treatment? He also got a date -- I mean, lunch appointment -- with Chelsea Clinton [if the Clintons read this blog, they may be very angry with me. Un-suspend David Shuster!!] Has Chelsea gone to lunch appointments with the millions of Americans who can vote? I didn't think so.
Do I need to quote that quote again? No, just scroll up. Basically, my point is, superdelegates should not be more important than regular delegates, yet they are. I wouldn't say they should be gotten rid of, but the rules should be revised. Like whichever state the superdelegate is in should be given to the winner of that state. Another thing to think about: Did the DNC purposely make the superdelegates more important? They stripped the delegates of many states completely bare, and many others in half. Does this relate to anything?
Can the Democrats get any more confusing? Maybe that's another reason I like Republicans more, there are no 'hidden fees' on each 'transaction', they are as written. And this has got to be the longest post I've written about the Democrats. Hooray? I need to take a Republican shower...whatever that contains [I know what it won't contain -- Larry Craig *canned laughter*].
So Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. is tomorrow. Who will win for the Democrats? Probably Obama, but apparently Clinton has some edge left in Virginia. Who will win for the Republicans? Will it even make a difference? [The answer is no, by the way].
That's all for me tonight! I want a cool sign-out...something that isn't stolen from Murrow. See ya later? Hasta Luego? [there goes the interview with Lou Dobbs *canned laughter*]. *waves* [now that one, I like].
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