Wisconsin Democrats are ready to pull the plug on "superdelegates"! Yep! About time, isn't it?

[bobthedrummer]

The Wisconsin Democratic Party is holding an "informal" meeting about the role and future of so-called superdelegates .

This has been a hot issue, among many, here. The Capitol Times ran an editorial about it that is worth taking note of if you want your vote to actually count.

"That sort of anti-democratic approach might be acceptable in some states, but it is entirely unacceptable for Wisconsin, the state that created and has historically defended the open primary."

Editorial: State's superdelegates should respect the will of Democratic primary voters (April 13, 2016)
http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/editorial/editorial-state-s-superdelegates-should-respect-the-will-of-democratic/article_7ad86d69-c721-59d0-ac3f-515f8c8a42ed.html

Wisconsin has 72 Counties, Bernie Sanders won 71 of them in the April Democratic Primary!

The "superdelegates" have got to go prior to the national convention.

[Duval]

1. K&R

It should happen, but I'm not sure it will. But I can still hope.

[bobthedrummer]

5. Make that hope a reality Duval because Party apparatchiks are not part of democracy. n/t

[PeaceNikki]

2. Tammy Baldwin, Gwen Moore and Ron Kind represent the will of this voter.

[bobthedrummer]

6. I'm not a NEW DEMOCRAT as you well know by now.

[PeaceNikki]

7. Whatever, bob. Even if SD's were forced to go proportionally, BS would still lose.

Tammy and Gwen aren't either.

[bobthedrummer]

9. The will of the majority CAN'T dismissed by your "whatever.." my old friend-the SD's time is up n/t

[PeaceNikki]

10. Clinton leads by a majority. And that won't be dismissed.

[bobthedrummer]

12. Have a good Memorial Day weekend, and I know that polls no longer matter for much at all PeaceNikki.

[PeaceNikki]

13. You, too, bob. You're right - votes and delegates are how we get our nominee.

HRC is ahead in both.

[Lizzie Poppet]

3. Outstanding.

The superdelegate system isn't even doing what it was intended (ostensibly) to do: block the path to the nomination of a critically-damaged candidate.

Of course, its real purpose (rig things for the establishment) has been largely fulfilled...

[CrowCityDem]

4. Supers are a DNC policy, so they can't actually do anything about it. Right?

[bobthedrummer]

8. Do you live here in Wisconsin? See ya around CrowCityDem.

[PeaceNikki]

11. There will be a debate on a nonbinding resolution at convention.

[bobthedrummer]

14. Meanwhile IRL there are some reports and investigations that may change your candidate's campaign.

And IRL Wisconsin Democrats are "informally" discussing SD's.

[bobthedrummer]

15. 71 0f 72: kick for further discussion and opinion

[Tarc]

16. As with Maine, this has zero effect

The DNC decides the delegate process.

[bobthedrummer]

17. That's not DEMOCRACY!

[Tarc]

18. We your own party and make your own rules

That what political parties do.

[bobthedrummer]

20. Apparently that's what the NEW DEMOCRATS program incessantly-it's certainly not DEMOCRACY!

[Tarc]

22. Lessons on "democracy" coming from the camp that wants the superdelegates to flip

is the height of hypocrisy.

[bobthedrummer]

23. I'm not in "that camp"-I want an end to SD and gerrymandering and the electoral college. See ya!

Amanda Renteria HRC 2016 political director (Ballotpedia)
https://ballotpedia.org/Amanda_Renteria

[Garrett78]

19. Doing away with superdelegates would simply mean 2026 is the new magic number.

And we all know what that means.

[MineralMan]

21. Nothing will change for 2016. Sorry.

Wisconsin can't do anything about superdelegates on its own. The ones from Wisconsin are not subject to the Wisconsin party's decisions in 2016.

All Wisconsin can do is try to change the policies for a later election. 2016's rules are locked in already and no changes will occur.

The convention and the delegate situation is a national party decision, not a state one. The states signed on to the current rules long ago, and they aren't going to change.

[bobthedrummer]

24. Burn baby burn...