Super Delegates

[NoBushSpokenHere]

Do you believe super delegates should receive funds or favors from candidates for pledging their support?

Edited prior to votes being received to remove double negative from choice 2

[MadBadger]

1. This needs more explanation

Because many supers are public officials and I have no problem with candidates donating money to them to their campaigns.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

2. It is my understanding super delegates

can accept money and favors from the candidates, which may influence which candidate they support. It is my belief a super delegate should make their choice based on the belief the candidate is the better one for the job of President, not on who pays the most or who promises the most favors. I really have a problem with this. I guess it would be difficult to draw a line because I do know that candidates for one office often donates to other candidates campaigns. Also, it would be difficult to determine what promises have been made to each super. It just doesn't seem Democratic to me, but I do believe each of our candidates has done this and I believe it has also been a past practice in other elections.

If we could find a way to draw the line mentioned above, it would be another nice thing to clean up in regard to the election system.

[MadBadger]

3. Obama's PAC gave money to Dems for the 2006 elections...do you have an issue with that?

[NoBushSpokenHere]

4. No, I do not have an issue with that...

Maybe the whole issue of my original post is too difficult to sort out due to other items being important as well?

[MaineDem]

6. It is illegal to promise or receive anything in return for a vote, I believe

Your characterization of "superdelegates" as receiving money for their support is flawed.

Most supers have to pay their own way to the convention. They pay their own way to DNC meetings during the year. They are ordinary people within their state parties. They work hard to get where they are.

Granted, some of the elected officials (not the ones I'm talking about above) receive PAC money from other candidates. But so many of the superdelegates are such ordinary people I think that insinuating that they are being paid for their support is insulting to them.

The superdelegates I have spoken with (a lot) have never ever been promised a thing. They are concerned with winning in November and are basing their support on that.

[Florida22ndDistrict]

5. re: Super Delegates

I don't think they should be paid for their vote, but I see no problem with a candidate helping another democratic candidate that has stood with them. Friends help friends, it depends on the specifics of the situation. I don't think they can all be painted with the same broad stroke.