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Topic: Superdelegates

#	Author	Message
1	jonvn Tue 3/11/2008 10:03a	I hate that name. Anyway, here's an article about them, and a bit about the behind the scenes lobbying that is going on, and how it's all up in the air how they plan on voting. Some say who gets the most delegates otherwise, some say who wins their local election, some say however they feel. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/10/MN17VH62V.DTL
2	johnno52 Tue 3/11/2008 10:38a	>The party created the role for superdelegates in 1982 to assure that party leaders could influence the choice of the nominee. They now make up about one-fifth of all delegates.< Does this mean that they can overturn the results of the expensive and drawn out democratic process given to individual voters?
3	jonvn Tue 3/11/2008 10:45a	There are not enough of them to completely overturn the delegates, but they can do whatever they want. We don't pick a president directly in this country. It's a very bizarre system created in the 18th century and it is very hard to change.
4	johnno52 Tue 3/11/2008 11:36a	We have our own quirks up here. Its not unusual for the governing party to be elected by less than 40% of the vote. We even had the separatist Quebec party being the official opposition with members only from that province.
5	jonvn Tue 3/11/2008 12:27p	I've been to Canada. I felt in constant fear of oppression and totalitarianism the entire time.
6	johnno52 Tue 3/11/2008 12:47p	We do this to keep out undesirables! :-)
7	jonvn Tue 3/11/2008 1:11p	Yes, because America is the only free country in the world.
8	johnno52 Tue 3/11/2008 1:17p	>Yes, because America is the only free country in the world.< Didn't we already do this thread?
9	WilliamK99 Sat 5/17/2008 10:57a	Are Superdelagates, delagates who got bitten by a radioactive spider?
10	EdisYoda Sat 5/17/2008 11:00a	No William, I think they came from Krypton.

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