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Megan T. and Dan Abrams fistfight in Heaven

February 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in politics by Chris Pommier

The debate about SuperDelegates (touched on here and here on this blog) is heating up on the Web. Bloggers and pundits alike are constructing the narratives and counternarrtives at lightening speed. Will the future of the Democratic Party be determined on the ground by rank and file voters, or will it be decided in the proverbial “smoke-filled back rooms?” Are a majority of SuperDelegates beholden to the Clintons because they’ve been so influential, so powerful and so everywhere for so long? Or have the Clintons stepped on way too many Armani Spotted Pony Mules during their tenure?

SuperDelegates: Democratic leaders don’t trust voters

February 5th, 2008 | 5 Comments | Posted in Minnesota, News, politics by Chris Pommier

Frankly, I find the process of caucusing and choosing delegates to the Democratic National Convention in order to finally choose the Democratic Presidential candidate to be extremely confusing. Yet, just when I though I was getting a handle on it, I learned about “Super Delegates.”

These are men and women from every state who are designated by the Democratic party as smarter than the rest of us. They’ve been given the power to cast (and change) their vote for whomever they wish. I list Minnesota’s below.
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