Perhaps the most bogus argument about super delegates was made by the Clinton campaign over the weekend when they said the delegates were all people who at some point on the state local or national level had stood election and were thus entrusted by the people to be leaders and make decisions.
The problem is that about 25% of these delegates are party activists and consultants who have never been elected by you or me to do anything. In some cases these are the same people who would be called lobyists or people who work for lobbying firms and interests once the candidate is elected and that is where the rub is.
It is bad enough that people think that that elected officials deserve extra say but the consultant class? I just saw a guy who is with the Young Democrats of America who is a super delegate who said the highlight of his life was getting a call from Bill Clinton himself... anyone else see the problem here? While this guys heart is probably in the right place, why is his voice worth as much as thousands of democrats?
The delegate system in the democratic party needs a major overhaul. The gradual creep that we get with this disproportionate proportional delegate allocations of delegates needs to be more respectful of the margins that we actually see in primaries to allow for a cleaner result.
People will only continue to be interested if the results are transparent and easy to decipher and that is not where we are today.
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