WV Democrats: abolish Super Delegates

[Eric J in MN]

...or at least force them to vote in proportion to their state's Pledged Delegates.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/283163-wv-dems-call-for-resignation-of-dnc-chair


Resolutions for Super Delegate reform have also been passed by Democratic parties in ME, MA, VT, MN, and WI.

[DURHAM D]

1. lol

i talked to my neighbor and we decided to abolish WV.

[JonLeibowitz]

4. Cute.

[appalachiablue]

12. Why is that when you and your neighbor don't get to decide shit about West Virginia

or any place?

[democrattotheend]

18. I like that idea

I am glad to see it go for Bernie this year, but I still can't move past the racism we encountered when we went there 8 years ago to campaign for Obama.

Plus, my bf has a pretty solid argument that the creation of WV as a state actually violated the Constitution, because the territory was taken from VA without its consent. That said, I don't want it to go back to Virginia because doing so would likely turn the state red again.

[Lyric]

19. Virginia was in a state of treasonous secession when West Virginia departed.

Seems to me that Virginia had abandoned its own rights as a state under the federal Constitution when it chose to secede and remove itself from the governance of said Constitution. Abe Lincoln agreed with that theory. You don't get to give up your statehood and then bitch about your rights as a state being violated.

--born and raised West Virginian

[Live and Learn]

2. K&R nt

[leftofcool]

3. Not going to happen!

[jillan]

5. Little by little girl taking our Democracy back.

[geek tragedy]

6. That's nice.

When statewide Democratic officials support the Democratic nominee (didn't in 2008 or 2012) I'll be impressed.

[Eric J in MN]

7. You don't think statewide Democratic officials will support Hillary Clinton? NT

NT

[geek tragedy]

10. They didn't support Obama.

"Democrat" down there is an elastic term.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/west-virginias-democratic-governor-wont-endorse-president-obama/

I really don't care what the 'Democrats' in WV have to say about national affairs.

This guy got as much support in the 2012 primary as Hillary got against Bernie:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/prison-inmate-wins-more-than-40-of-democratic-vote-over-president-obama-in-wv-primary/

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Abolish them, end them, along with caucuses

Neither are democratic and neither have a place in our party.

[Eric J in MN]

11. I agree.

But I believe in open primaries, and I don't know your position on that.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. It should be super simple for people to switch back and forth

I do think Dems should pick the Dem nominee - however - if somebody (Indy, Green, whatever) feels strongly enough about being part of choosing the Dem nominee, we should make it very easy for this to be done. Deadlines for switching NO MORE than 14 days before voting day. No other hoops, circles, etc.

Only want to be a Dem for 2 weeks, one day, a couple hours? Fine by me. Switch back the second after you vote. It's all good. Everyone's invited to the party, all we ask for is an RSVP.

[Eric J in MN]

9. Politicians who want the Super Delegate system reformed or abolished

Nancy Pelosi
Russ Feingold
Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
Tulsi Gabbard who has a petition: http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51009/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=9976

[appalachiablue]

13. AND Calling for DNC Chair DWS to RESIGN, in The Hill Article. Good for West By God Virginia!

Go Mountaineers!

Abolishing super delegates AND DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to Resign, per the Hill article.

[Whimsey]

14. Another issue that does not matter

Superdelegates have never overturned the votes of the pledged delegates in the democratic primary.

[progressoid]

15. So they serve no purpose.

Get rid of them.