Super Delegates?

[lithera]

As far as I can tell, that whole concept is pretty retarded. What the hell.

Anyway, not a bad night for either Democrat.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D

Sucks to be Mitt Rommney, though.

Comments

[moesmith88.livejournal.com]

According to wikipedia (because we know everything they say is gospel...heh), one super-delagate is worth over 150,000 votes...one person, one vote? Not even close.

We're thinking of doing the caucus thing this Saturday; neither of us have ever 'caucused' before, so it could be interesting...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Please do! In this state, for whatever stupid reason, the caucus is what really counts.

[moesmith88.livejournal.com]

We'll see what happens; L considers herself an Independant, and to participate in the caucus, you have to say whether you are a Democrat or Republician before they'll let you take part - the oath you have to swear is just like the oath on the back on the envelopes of the mail-in ballots.

Granted, the language for the Democratic side is a lot softer then the Republician, (The Democrats says that you consider yourself a democrat, whereas the Republican side requires you to swear that you are an actual party member) but it still requires you "pick a side" and she is very uncomfortable with that - and, I'm not going to push her, one way or the other.

And, the fact that the primary doesn't count bugs me - if it wont be counted, why are we having it? Why not save the time and money for something else? grrrrrrrr...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Agreed, agreed, agreed.

[moesmith88.livejournal.com]

I get the sense we'll end up going house hunting Saturday afternoon, and save our democratic participation for November...

I hope you don't mind me extending this thread far beyond what it would normally be; it's slow this morning and my boss isn't coming in until after lunch - if it weren't for the windows to my office and my high visibility, i'd probably just crash out til lunchtime ;-)