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Putting the "Super" back into super delegates

Cartoon satire "White House Rocks" brings clarity, along with a campy 70's theme, to the super delegate issue.

In the Democratic Party everyone ends up feeling like a winner. Until the general election that is.

Perhaps the best way to tell if Carter was saying he's voting for Obama was the reaction of the Clinton campaign. Can you say, "frosty?"

Take it with a grain of salt, since it's anonymous, but wow.

It would certainly be bad for the Clinton campaign if these charges are true, but that remains to be seen.

A superdelegate vote is only as solid as the public opinion numbers of the moment.

Rep. John Lewis will switch his superdelegate vote from Clinton to Obama and suggests he may reconsider his endorsement of Hillary too.

We are faced with the possibility of a nominee decided in the back room, certainly not a situation which brings to mind an open and fair government.

Egomania knows no bounds and no loyalty - not even to the founding principles of democracy.

Which means, the best scenario for Clinton is for her to keep it close and hope that her super delegate advantage makes the difference.

Super delegates should respect the will of primary voters and caucus goers. There is no rule to prevent them from doing this.

Could these Democratic party insiders throw the convention into disarray?

What could Dean and the DNC actually tell Clinton or Obama that would compel them to give up and take the VP slot?

This situation calls for some immediate action and collaboration-to drive a stake of transparency into the heart of this beast-of-a-process.

Unless either Obama or Clinton drops out before the convention, there's no way that the nominee can be determined without the super delegates.