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On 3/3/20 1:37 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

The pressure is obvious and the hypocrisy runneth over.

Donna Brazile, the former DNC Interim Chairperson and CNN
contributor blew up this morning, irritated by RNC
Chairwoman* Ronna McDaniel's comments that the
Democrat nomination process may be "rigged" against
Bernie.

There's nothing rigged. At Bernie's request, the super delegate rules
were changed after 2016 and he got what he wanted. If Bernie gets the
required number of delegates during the first vote at the Convention,
he'll get the nomination. If he doesn't have enough delegates and no one
else does, there will be a second vote in which the committed delegates
may change their votes and the "super delegates" may vote for the first
time. That's what Bernie wanted. Now, he is saying whoever arrives at
the Convention with the most delegates should win.

If I had a say in this, I'd say
"**** you, Bernie."

Why are there Super Delegates in the Demoncrat party at all. The only
reason to have Super Delegates is to form a backstop against the
"wrong" candidate getting a majority of votes at the convention. Yeah,
they threw Bernie a bone and said if you can walk in with a majority of
non-Super Delegates you can get the nomination but, if you fall one vote
short we are going to toss you to the side when the Super Delegates cast
their votes.

Why not just have regular delegates? Free them from their commitments on
after the first vote? Have a real convention!