At 10:15 AM 2/18/2008 -0600, 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 ... > I think it's a bunch of reporters trying to come up with something >sensational in order to prop up their numbers.
Well of course. In today's news reporting circulation/ratings are the primary goal. Representing the truth comes second (or maybe 10th <shrug>). > Superdelegates, by definition, are prominent members of the >Democratic Party. Thus, a fundamental assumption is that they have an In case no one looked it up, the following link gives a little description of how democrat "super delegates" came to be. This year, it looks like about 20% of the votes for the nominee will come from that group. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate But, ya know, in terms of "democracy" this structure of voting sure doesn't sound very democratic to me. It sounds more like and "elite" set of folks try to keep things the way they want it. Hmm.... I'm off to see if the Republicans have something similar. -Charlie _______________________________________________ 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.
