Superdelegates in the News

"It is going to be an enormous train wreck unless by June 3 a candidate has a majority," said Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, who supports Mrs. Clinton. "I don’t think we want to go back to those wheeling-dealing, smoke-filled back-room days." -- Senator Bill Nelson
Adam Nagourney and Carl Hulse, “Neck and Neck, Democrats Woo Superdelegates,” New York Times, 2/10/2008

"Here's a nightmare for the Democrats: The party's bigwigs, rather than its voters, may end up choosing the presidential nominee."
-- June Kronholz, “Democrats' Nightmare: Back to Smoke-Filled Rooms," The Wall Street Journal, 2/7/2008

"The perception that the votes of ordinary people don’t count as much as those of the political insiders, who get to pick the nominee in some mythical back room, could hurt our party for decades to come."
-- Tad Devine, "Superdelegates, Back Off," New York Times, 2/10/2008

"In a hard-fought race, should the decision really come down to a handful of insiders trading promises and threats?"
-- Ryan Sager, "The Voters Should Decide," New York Post, 2/10/2008

"As a superdelegate, the vote that I cast at the Democratic convention will be yours. And I need to hear all your voices before I cast that vote."
-- Donna Brazile, " Voters are super important, too," The York Dispatch, 2/11/2008

"This system, in place for decades, has the potential to undermine the collective will of voters. Who knows what deals will be made to gain a superdelegate's allegiance?"
-- Editorial, “Democrats' Superdelegates, Equal, Only More so,” The Philadelphia Inquirer 2/12/2008

"Will the Superdelegates Thwart the Will of the People?"
-- Noam Scheiber, The New Republic Stump Blog, 2/10/2008

"Let's trust the voters to make wise decisions."
-- Jesse Jackson Jr., " The delicate superdelegate predicament,” The Chicago Tribune 2/12/2008