Dan Abrams - Democratic Superdelegate System

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MSNBC Political Analyst and Air America Radio Host Rachel Maddow joins Dan Abrams, Superdelegate Adam Smith (D-WA), and Peter Beinart from the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss the Democratic superdelegate system and why Abrams thinks it's crap. Aired 2/7/08.

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[ace8878]

oh its the new Fox news channel *MSNBC* instead of George W Bush being Back Stroked. it's Obama geting the free passes and back stroking... pffft

[ace8878]

Maybe it is maybe it isn't but he sure is getting the free passes from Fox i mean MSNBC way before the primary.. nothings gonna *change* but the names. no matter who wins.. i just don't want the media pundits giving free passes to ANYONE.. It would just be nice if the same news people, that put thier anger and spite on Hillary and Bill, on to the man that truly deserves it **George W Bush**

[bbcatlady777]

ONE person ONE vote it's the democratic way otherwise it's THEM the people

[bbcatlady777]

They have 40% of the delegates votes. Almost 800 people have a delegate vote.

[reptilexcq]

You have people like the Clintons showering flowers and compliments calling up superdelegate every day asking for their counts...it's crazy.

I still don't get rid...why do they have superdelegates anyway? The fact that they vote independent of the people is reason enough not to have this system implement. To me, i don't see a purpose for this system to exist other than a setup to be criticized by the public which will happen this year.

[reptilexcq]

Yea man...i never knew anything about this damm superdelegates until this election...but now that i think about it, it's INSANELY UNJUST, they have like 20% power to decide who is the nominee....20% that's crazy. I mean i don't mind if it's like 5-10% but 20%!!! The people should be the one who decide who should be their president, not a bunch of high officials, this is an example of lobbyist like Obama said...politics is also practicing lobbying. They should get rid of this shyt next time.

[louis4louis]

Whats all this bull about Super delegates? I have a feeling that something is brewing in washington to hijack this election with "super delegates" even if Obama wins most votes and pledge delegates. Super delegates my ass! Do we really need them to decide our future? Does this means our votes dont count? Is our democracy being stolen away from us? And we preach democracy and call our society democratic? This is Making me getting really angry here.