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Feb. 13th, 2008 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yesthattomHuffington Post article by someone that feels we shouldn’t fear the superdelegates.
(which is a reply to this article.
What they both forget is that the superdelegate concept is a NEW thing, added in the 70s, to keep out candidates that the DNC establishment didn’t like. They successfully kept Gary Hart from getting the nomination, and at the time the DNC considered that to be a demonstration that superdelegates were a success.
(which is a reply to this article.
What they both forget is that the superdelegate concept is a NEW thing, added in the 70s, to keep out candidates that the DNC establishment didn’t like. They successfully kept Gary Hart from getting the nomination, and at the time the DNC considered that to be a demonstration that superdelegates were a success.
