Superdelegates offsetting the results of primaries is unconstitutional IMHO

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61. OK, fair enough.

I know that the issue of superdelegates is a frustrating one for those who were not aware that this is a feature of the Presidential nomination process - more so for Dems than Reps - and has been so for a LONG time. Wiki has a good overview of what, how, when, why and various controversies surrounding them, as well as additional informative links. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

My point in posting Tad Devine's words is to show that he, as Bernie's campaign strategist, knew exactly what they were and why and, if he hadn't advised Bernie fully about them before the process even got started, then he was not doing his job. So the fact is that both Tad AND Bernie knew full well about this means that they went into the process with their eyes open.

So why is there all this anguish among Bernie's supporters - basically left unchecked BOTH by the candidate AND his chief strategist - when they knew about this all along?

You can have your opinion on it and certainly by all means write to the DNC so that they consider changing the rules. Perhaps they will and perhaps they won't. But any rule change will not happen in 2016. That is not DWS's fault and that is not Hillary's fault, as too many are only too happy to charge. That is the process.

And no, the rules about superdelegates are not prima facie unconstitutional. They are internal rules of the Democratic Party to which the Constitution does not apply. If you read the Wiki piece, you will note that superdelegates have in the end supported the candidate who wins the most pledged delegates, EITHER because they voluntarily decided to switch OR because the candidate releases them from their support before the Nomination Convention, just as Hillary herself did in 2008.

There is little chance that any delegates currently endorsing Clinton will switch before the primary process has run its course. The mere fact that her support IS so strong is because they actually BELIEVE that she is the strongest Dem candidate for 2016. Should that situation change, so will their support.

It's really nothing to get bent out of shape over - at least, not now. We're just getting started.

Edited hopefully to mitigate confusion: pledged delegates = those won as a result of state primaries; unpledged = those who have endorsed and support a candidate