We have lots of posts about how the superdelegates should be forced to vote one way, or not be seated, or ... This is all wrong.
First off, any delegate selection is flawed. So is our present system perfect? No. But it is reasonable. And as it is reasonable, it is the rules we started with and therefore these are the rules we should carry through on to the end of this primary. Changing the superdelegate system now is every bit as unfair as seating MI and FL would be.
Second, the super-delegates were created for a reason - to give a strong voice to those that have run as, won as, and governed as Democrats. And there is a lot of value in this. These are the people that have successfully gotten elected. Their jobs depend on getting the best candidate nominated. And they know better than us what is required both to win and to govern.
Keep in mind, all of these super-delegates are either running for election now or in 2 or 4 years for some Senators. Or they are in charge of getting Dems elected. The absolute last thing any of them are going to do is piss off half the electorate. And I think the reason people like the chair in Maine are saying they will follow their state is that they are scared to death of exactly that - pissing off half the base.
What we are facing is Obama & Clinton going to the convention essentially tied in pledged delegates. And if they are basically tied, then it is up to the super delegates. And as someone has to break that tie, I think they are as good a group as any.
With that said, I'm pledged as an Obama delegate for the County Convention and I will vote Obama, both there, and if sent to the national convention, there also.
