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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Still seems odd to me that any party would openly give more power to certain individuals. To me that goes against exactly what the US is all about, or at least should be all about. One person, one vote. But the Electoral College, IMHO, gives people in some states more in power than those of other states.
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Representative Democracies have that buffer layer of the electoral college to slow down the populist whimsy, and although the original motivation wasn't so well thought out, I think the delegate/superdelegate system has the same effect. Giving the party members a greater voice than the popular vote makes a great deal of sense in that they're the people most involved and informed, and hopefully can buffer against demagoguery and fringe groups hijacking the party.
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The more Bill lets loose with more bat shit crazy stuff the more he seems to suck Obama into to responding thus keeping him off his message. Really it's a brilliant, all be it slimly, move.
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I was think Obama did what he needed to do last night. He managed, imperfectly to be sure, to correct the distortions and still churn out a great deal of policy discussion. The Clintons aren't going to stop, but he's shown he's able to get aggressive and hold his own on multiple political fronts.