Next Time…Get Rid Of The Superdelegates

Courtesy Donklephant  Mon, 05/05/2008 - 6:26am

I’m with Josh Marshall . The argument behind creating the superdelegates in the first place was merely an extension of the political boss system that determined state primary winners by who had the most power and that tradition has absolutely no place in modern politics.

Some history…

Coming out of the 1970s, the Democratic party establishment created the superdelegates precisely to put a brake on the power of “the groups”, which was shorthand for, and not necessarily in...


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