I realize this is probably eleventh hour as far as topic, but I still think the Demos use of superdelegates is nothing more than the party realizing that the party masses in general cannot be trusted.

The years of paranoia and extremism in the countless splinter groups that make up the left has proven too much for the party elite to handle... so the answer is to give the general leftist populace their 'pat on the head' vote in the primaries, and discount them entirely and allow a few elitists to have the power to pick a presidential candidate.

The party mantra is now "Select, don't elect".

Those who are up for consideration for cabinet and staff positions should not be the deciding voters. The superdelegate system is abominable and anything but democratic.

The superdelegate system was specifically designed to counter voter intent. During the rise of conservativism, the Democratic party felt that their base was likely to nominate a candidate who was too liberal to win the general election. So, they introduced the superdelegates as a way to for party insiders to influence the outcome, ostensibly to pick a more electable candidate. Ironically, if the superdelegates decide the nominee in this election, they're likely to pick the one who has less of a chance of defeating the Republican nominee.

But the age-old,smoke-filled back room makes the rules.

Should the convention come down to Obama with the most of the popular primary vote and Clinton swinging the Superdlegate vote to her side and getting the party's nomination, what then? It will surely be followed by the cries of 'don't taze me, bro'. if the general delegates balk at the notion.

But face up to it, folks. This has been the most non- democratic, forced process ever witnessed.

The media, the entertainment industry, the Dem party elite, the money men behind the scenes have put Obama into the position he now occupies.

So for the Dems, it won't be the ignorance of the many that loses the general election, it will be the ignorance of the few.

"Party of the People" anyone?