Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’

How I learned to stop worrying and love Obama

Maybe love is too strong a word. I typically vote for Libertarians and the occasional Republican, and usually consider Democratic primaries like the political version of NASCAR: I don’t care who wins, but enjoy watching the crashes. However, the Republicans have lately forgotten their core values of limited and responsible government, and are spending like [...]

Superdelegates already jockeying to justify brokered convention

A recent article in the Washington Post talks about the fact that, as I mentioned earlier, the “Democratic” race will end up being decided by superdelegates at the convention in Denver. Most disturbingly, uncommitted superdelegates who are leaning towards Clinton are starting to make noises suggesting that they will be comfortable overriding the will of [...]

Why Republicans love the Democratic superdelegates

For all the righteous (and understandable) complaining the Democratic party makes over the Electoral College system, you’d think they’d let the popular vote determine their primary system. In fact, they instead use a system that is even less democratic than the Electoral College by employing “superdelegates” who are allowed to vote for anybody. Superdelegates are [...]