It looks as though the Obamaton takeover of the Democratic Party is complete.
Or, at least they seem to think so
Democrats are moving to eliminate from the party’s national convention the superdelegates, the elected officials and party leaders whose role in the presidential nominating process came under intense scrutiny in last year’s closely-contested primary.
Those superdelegates provided, for a time, a lifeline to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton’s flagging campaign, and the effective end of their independent role would be a major step toward reshaping the Democratic Party — and its internal politics — in President Barack Obama’s image.
A group created by the Democratic National Committee to examine the role of the superdelegates, the Democratic Change Commission — steered by the Obama campaign’s top delegate counter, Jeff Berman — held a conference call Wednesday to recommend that these unpledged delegates cast their votes based upon the electoral results of their states rather than on personal preference.
Yes, the idea of superdelgates is and always was a dumb idea. But I’m suspecting something slightly more ulterior is at hand. It’ll never be my party, and probably never be yours either, but watch for the next move.If for no other reason than for entertainment purposes.
If Clinton, or anyone else for that matter, had any plans to pull a 2012 nomination out from under a failing Obama Administration, one of the two paths just slid down the hillside.