I can see it now, Obama wins the primaries and the superdelegates push in Hillary Clinton anyway.

Why do we support a party that deliberately stacks the deck in favor of well connected party insiders?

In so many ways the Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans but you would not know it judging by how excited so many people are about this Democratic primary.

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The party wanted Clinton... the corporate candidate... so that is who they will get. I'll be truly surprised if Obama gets the nomination. I'm no fan of either... or of the whole system, but I definitely prefer Obama to anyone else running outside of Kucinich, who the corporate media will NEVER allow to get any attention.

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As close as is the race between Clinton & Obama, yes, the "Super-Duper Delegates" could influence the convention and nomination process. Then we'll end up putting forth a candidate and platform produced by a committee of insiders and guaranteed to upset no one; and that will bring, in the general election, a very tight contest, because the anointed candidate will not have actually moved the electorate with much hope for a better future. The close vote will allow the neocons to work their election-rigging magic once again using the machinery left in place from 2000/2004, along with the neocon-friendly federal prosecutors installed a year ago in the infamous firing scandal. The result? Predictable: another Republican president, McCain, and another four or eight years of Bush politics and war – and the end of America as we know it.

We need a concerted effort to prevent a repeat of 2004, when the Dems willingly self-destructed and managed, through "feel-good" politics and an internal organization akin to hearding cats, to snatch failure from the jaws of victory and allow "Der Texas Fuhrer" another four years of destruction. The real question is: does the Democratic National Committee really want substantial change in order to save this nation, or do they just want to play the game well enough to keep those support dollars and corporate benefits pouring in? Here's to hoping that the blossoming anger of the grassroots over "business as usual" in the party has as much effect as all those "king maker" delegates hiding behind the curtain. Stay tuned; this election is not as much "in the bag" as it seems.

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to Ari and to Alternet for posting this. It's finally cleared up for me a confusing monkey wrench in our electoral process! Where were we when all of this was decided? We need to restore the power to the people.

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The issue of super delegates and the democratic party is unconscionable. Currently Obama is ahead in the popular vote and behind in the delegate vote. We can not have 800 party insiders decide the primaries for us! I have created a protest page here

http://www.popularprimaryvotenow.com

If you think this is an issue please add a comment to the protest page of the website. I will print out all the comments and give them to the Democratic party

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Every one of us is a Super Delegate.

Direct Democracy

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