http://themoderatevoice.com/17835/a-philosophy-of-party-delegations/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 07:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/17835/a-philosophy-of-party-delegations/comment-page-1/#comment-134762 pacatrue Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:22:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/conventions/superdelegates/17835/a-philosophy-of-party-delegations/#comment-134762 Agreed. To echo JSpencer, any "credit" the Dems get for going proportional has to be matched against the existence of superdelegates who are there to overrule the Democratic voters if they screw up in the party leaders' opinions. Agreed. To echo JSpencer, any “credit” the Dems get for going proportional has to be matched against the existence of superdelegates who are there to overrule the Democratic voters if they screw up in the party leaders' opinions.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/17835/a-philosophy-of-party-delegations/comment-page-1/#comment-134761 JSpencer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:57:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/conventions/superdelegates/17835/a-philosophy-of-party-delegations/#comment-134761 Of course the whole belief that the people should be the ones to choose who their leaders are continues to be a bold and radical one. There are plenty of folks who are not entirely comfortable with that process, hence continuing support for the electoral college, winner take all primaries, superdelegates, and other systems with the potential for subverting the fair representation of the citizenry. And of course we can have gross disparity in campaign funding, which is yet another way of tilting the balance away from fair elections. That all said, I agree with your idea about "The American Idea", and I hope that overall we are moving toward it. Of course the whole belief that the people should be the ones to choose who their leaders are continues to be a bold and radical one. There are plenty of folks who are not entirely comfortable with that process, hence continuing support for the electoral college, winner take all primaries, superdelegates, and other systems with the potential for subverting the fair representation of the citizenry. And of course we can have gross disparity in campaign funding, which is yet another way of tilting the balance away from fair elections. That all said, I agree with your idea about “The American Idea”, and I hope that overall we are moving toward it.

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