Ed Leafe wrote: > On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > >> What if Barack Obama gets overridden by super delegates? Does the >> country >> go into turmoil where a black man is could be the next presidential >> candidate, but gets sat in the back of the bus by a white woman? >> >> This summer could be real interesting. >> >> Any thoughts on this potential? >> > > I think it's a bunch of reporters trying to come up with something > sensational in order to prop up their numbers. > > Superdelegates, by definition, are prominent members of the > Democratic Party. Thus, a fundamental assumption is that they have an > interest in the success of the party. If Obama is ahead and the > national sentiment is for Obama, the last thing that they would do is > screw up their chances of winning in November by such subterfuge. > > -- Ed Leafe > > If no Democratic Party nominee gets the required 2025 delegates, then the Democratic nominee for president and the party platform, will be worked out at the Democratic National Convention. The candidate that goes into the Democratic National Convention with the most momentum would have the advantage.
The superdelegates, (eg unpledged party leader and elected official delegates), are free to support any candidate for the nomination. Having the superdelegates bound to the results of each state's results would defeat their purpose, and just make the superdelegates unnecessary; since, they would simple be ratifying the results of the state voters. The Democratic National Convention is shaping up to be a very exciting event and would probably be fun to attend. I'll probably follow The Democratic National Convention very closely on TV. The Republican National Convention will likely be very boring. The Republican Party also seats some party officials as delegates without regard to primary or caucus results, but the term "superdelegate" is most commonly applied only in the Democratic Party. Below is a link to more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention or http://tinyurl.com/yhda4r Regards, LelandJ > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
