Legal Commentary

The Will Of The Voters

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Adam Nagourney writes:

While many superdelegates said they intended to keep their options open as the race continued to play out over the next three months, the interviews suggested that the playing field was tilting slightly toward Mr. Obama in one potentially vital respect. Many of them said that in deciding whom to support, they would adopt what Mr. Obama’s campaign has advocated as the essential principle: reflecting the will of the voters.

(Emphasis supplied.) Ah, the question is begged - what do we mean by the "will of the voters?" Obama means the selected delegate count. Most normal people say the popular vote.

More . . .

I like Sherrod Brown's criteria for deciding who to cast his delegate vote for:

“It’s the overall popular vote, it’s the overall delegates, it’s who is bringing energy to the campaign, it’s who has momentum,” Mr. Brown said.

I think that is actually what the Super Delegates will look at. I am comfortable with that myself.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).