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The whole superdelegate (SD) system creeps me out, since it is basically a kill switch or emergency brake on the election process within the party meant to stop insurgent candidacies from winning. "Whoa, too much democracy -- superdelegates, save us from our voters!!!"
I think the Democratic Party leadership should be largely pilloried for their capitulations over the years, and for watering down and gutting the Democratic Party platform, leaving poor-, working-, and middle-class Americans without real representation in DC. If the SDs try to derail Obama, what a disaster for the Democratic Party! Then again, they'll get what they deserve if they do it, because they'll lose, and the Democratic Party will suffer an ironic finish.
As for Clinton, Hillary Clinton should really be in the Supreme Court -- there, insulated from popular opinion, her brilliant legal mind could be put best to work, and in the company of the RATS (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia) Clinton can appear a flaming liberal. It would be a good place for her, where charisma and popularity wouldn't matter, and where her intellect and determination would reap big dividends for the country. Hell, get Bill Clinton in there, too. With a Democratic majority in Congress, and Obama in the White House, it could be done.
