At Maine convention, Democrats to vote on eliminating superdelegates

[thesquanderer]

33. That may not always be an option.

For example, in Vermont, there is actually no way for someone to register as a member of one party of another.

But I don't see any reason to add severe rules like that anyway, which can just as easily rule out "good" candidates as "bad" ones. I think it has to be up to the voters to determine whether someone meets their own criteria for deserving their vote, I don't think the state has to place stiffer restrictions on the options.

For an example of how it could work the other way, maybe someone should have to be a resident of a state for 5 years before running for Senate in that state, yes? But then Hillary could not have become Senator. Tough restrictions can cut both ways. And you can't make any assumptions about who will really benefit.