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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:21 am
by Brian Pedaci
The superdelegates have a responsibility to vote their conscience and choose the candidate they think is best for the party. That's their job. If they were simply to follow the will of their districts, then what's the point of having them?
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:40 am
by Bryan Schwegler
Brian Pedaci wrote:The superdelegates have a responsibility to vote their conscience and choose the candidate they think is best for the party. That's their job. If they were simply to follow the will of their districts, then what's the point of having them?
Good explanation Brian. For better or worse, that is the exact reason the Democractic party created the "super delegate".
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:47 am
by Brad Hutchison
That's how I feel too - why else do they exist? - but it seems there is great variety amongst the Superdelegates as to what their "duty" is.
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:28 pm
by Brian Pedaci
Such is the problem with choosing elected officials as superdelegates - they're too worried about what their constituents will think if they choose the 'wrong' candidate.