You may recall the other day we ran a guest post by Eric Kingson, the progressive Democrat running in Syracuse, New York for a congressional seat held by conservative Republican incumbent John Katko, about why he's backing Bernie.
You’ve surrendered. America: You’ve given up and surrendered through your intellectual torpor and malignant incuriosity. Listen carefully and be advised, it’s not a pretty picture.
Superdelegates have the potential to nullify a popular vote for the Vermont senator.
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“To my critics, I say, ‘Vaffanculo.’”
He drove the Left nuts and the Right adored him and neither knew exactly why. It doesn’t really matter. Let me explain. (This is where you listen.)
And by the by, if this infra doesn’t rile professional Left, nothing will.
The Democratic Party Establishment, worried that too much democracy could upset their profitable little racket, instituted the idea of "super-delegates" in 1982 to gives themselves some control over the nomination process. Originally the party bosses demanded 30% of all the delegates but today the super-delegates-- current and former Democratic Party officials-- comprise 20% of the convention delegates.
