Johanann Wolfgang Von Goethe asks: With the Super Delegate idea -- that a small group of Democrat insiders have more delegate voting power than the sum of all the registered Democrats in most U.S. States -- What were they trying to do? Allow Democratic Party insiders more influence than the average voter in a primary so that the voices of the elite cannot be shut out.
How well did they do it? Wonderfully, it appears that Barack Obama can get more votes from the normal one person, one vote primary process, and still be overridden by the party elite.
Was it worth doing? Yes, as it allows the elite to control the party regardless of the wishes of its individual members.
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