Legal Commentary

Dean on Final Primaries and Superdelegates

By Big Tent Democrat

Howard Dean said:

[Superdelegates] have every right to overturn the popular vote and choose the candidate they believe would be best equipped to defeat John McCain in a general election. . . If it's very very close, they will do what they want anyway. . . I think the race is going to come down to the perception in the last six or eight races of who the best opponent for McCain will be. I do not think in the long run it will come down to the popular vote or anything else.

I hope Howard Dean is wrong. While it is true the super delegates have the power to vote by any criteria, I hope they respect the will of the people as demonstrated by the popular vote (the pledged delegate count is NOT a reflection of the will of the people.) I know Jeralyn disagrees with me, but calculating who is more electable and ignoring the will of the people is simply wrong in my view.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).