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Twenty-Eight Percent.

It would appear, were one to give credibility to CNN’s “polls”, that a shocking twenty-eight percent of responding democrats feel that Superdelegates should vote “their conscience”. Their conscience. Not mine, not yours, but theirs. I will give a gracious nod and brotherly slap on the back, a thank you, and an I.O.U. a drink someday to the 24% that spoke out for “the popular vote” being the needed guidance that S.D.’s should follow as a compass, but still and all – 28% of those responding to the poll think its just ok to let someone else speak for them? Ok, I’m over reacting, right? Maybe it’s not quite that bad, yea? What the heck is a super delegate anyhow? I could cut and paste in some Google results, but for the sake of brevity the gist of it is that a Super delegate is someone that was “seated automatically based solely on their status as a current or former party leader or elected official. Others are chosen during the primary season.” (Thanks, Wiki). So, is it just me? Or am I reading “inmates running the asylum” or “gypsies in the palace” here? By definition a Super delegate is a at best a friend of the party powerfuls and at worst part of the elitist establishment bent on keeping true voice and expression out of the hands of the common voter. The “common voter”, it’s more than tempting to use the word “proletariat” here, but I won’t. Let’s just define them as those folks that leave the comfort and sanctuary of their homes, braving untold hardships of rain, sleet and snow, to actually cast their primary vote, to have their voice counted amongst the “popular opinion” as it were. Of course, argument could well be made that Superdelegates, using the above definition, were already popular properly vetted members of the political landscape and should therefore be trusted to act on the public’s behalf. That argument could be made, but I don’t buy it for a second. It actually makes me cringe with the nagging fear that slowly, ever so slowly, we the people are loosing. Nope. I don’t buy it and neither should you, kind and conscientious member of the proletariat. (Ok, I used it, I just couldn’t help it). The electoral process is flawed, at best. I won’t even go into the Electoral College! But this Super delegate thing at least must be changed, ideally done away with entirely. We have our vote. Our forefathers and mothers fought and died for it, still are as a matter of fact. We simply must hold onto this as sacrosanct in our beliefs. It’s your vote. It is my vote. It must be heard in our own voice, not someone elses!