I'm Tired of the Superdelegate Trashing

DISCLAIMER - I'm from Florida. We don't have any delegates. My hopes of attending my first convention as a delegate were dashed by the pissing contest between the Florida Democratic Party and the DNC - and I was caught in the middle. I"m going to have to rely upon the rest of you to decide the nominee of my party. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT I'M SEEING FROM ALL OF YOU SO FAR.

This notion that the superdelegates should be required to ignore their own best judgement and reflect "the will of the people" just escapes me. What people? If they are a congressperson should they accede to the vote in their congressional district? If they are a senator or governor, the overall vote of their state? What do the DNC members do - pull the ouija board out of the attic?

Come on people! These are the leaders of our party. Are we saying that they are no better than 7 year olds who need others to make decisions for them.

Yes, the methods we use to select our nominees for the most important office on the planet really suck. Sometimes I think we 'd be better off resorting to jello wrestling (my apologies to HRC for that analogy.)

But it seems we are having this discussion because we have 2 good candidates, both of whom have very passionate supporters who do not want to see their candidate lose the nomination. And at the moment, neither one has broken out to sew up the nomination. As a result, the superdelegates may actually count for something for the first time.

But these are the rules that have been established for determining the nominee. No Florida votes; no Michigan votes; and superdelegates that may indeed cast the deciding vote.

But it's all part of the complex, convoluted and torturous process that has been set in motion and must be seen to it's conclusion. If we took the Republican route and had state "winner take all" primaries, we might not even be in this dogfight.

There is going to be one winner and one loser. We will count the votes in Denver based upon the current rules and emerge with a nominee.

A nominee that I will support with every fibre of my being because the alternative of 4 more years of Republican administration is far more of a horror than this nomination process we are currently experiencing.