The following press release just hit my mailbox a few minutes ago.

Today the Obama Campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced a proposal to establish a special commission to recommend changes to the Democratic Party's rules for delegate selection and presidential primary timing for future presidential cycles. The proposal will be presented to the Convention Rules Committee on Saturday in Denver.

The 'Democratic Change Commission' will address three issues 1) changes to the opening of the window and pre-window, 2) reducing the number of superdelegates and 3) changes to the caucus system. The goal of the commission will be to ensure that no primary or caucus is held prior to the first Tuesday in March of 2012, with the exception of the approved pre-window states, whose contests would be held during February 2012.

"After the 56 contests in this historic primary season, our party is stronger and more energized than ever before -- with millions of new voters participating.  As we look to the future, we must continue to strengthen the process and ensure a fair process in which the diverse voices in our party and our nation have a chance to be heard.  That is the essential role that the Democratic Change Commission can and will play, and we look forward to their recommendations," said DNC Chairman Howard Dean.

"Senator Obama is committed to working towards growing our party, improving our nominating process and ensuring as many people as possible participate in the process. Obama believes the Democratic Change Commission is an important and necessary step to achieving these goals," said Obama Campaign Chairman David Plouffe.

The Democratic Change Commission will be appointed by the new DNC Chairman and will consist of 35 members and two co-chairs. Membership will be divided between men and women and will be geographically and demographically diverse. The Commission shall issue its report and recommendations to the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee no later than January 1, 2010. The Commission will be established no later than 60 days after the date of the next election of the DNC National Chair.

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http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/ delegate-allocation-wont-match-vote.html

This whole topic gets complicated and is hard to explain in a simple way, but let's be clear

ALL DELEGATES ARE EQUAL

The media and the Obama campaign are trying to assert the "elected delegates" as being representative of the will of the Democratic voters, and therefore more legitimate the Super-delegates who are "back room brokers" and power party officials.

HERE'S THE TRUTH.

Many of the "elected delegates" WEREN'T ELECTED!!!

OTHERS ABSOLUTELY DON'T REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!!!

They will be selected and allocated based on each states' system.

For example:
Many congressional districts had an even number of delegates up for grabs.  A candidate had to get over 62.5% to win 3. Otherwise, a vote of 59% to 41 would net 2 delegates each.

In other similar districts, the a candidate winning 51-49 would get a 3 to 2 split.

Also, delegates in some states like Nevada were awarded based on voting patterns in 2004, with certain areas getting more delegates.  This is how Hillary won Nevada and Obama got more delegates.

Lastly,  almost every state awards EXTRA delegates for winning the state overall.  Therefore they aren't representing any voters in particular.

So the real picture shows that this process wasn't set-up to distinguish between "elected"and "super".  There are "super" delegates awarded based on winning states and CERTAIN DISTRICTS.

If you want to argue that a "super delegate" shouldn't decide this election, neither should say a delegate from a
DISTRICT OBAMA OR CLINTON LOSS BY UP TO 20 POINTS BUT WAS AWARDED TO THEM BASED ON AN ARBRITARY FORMULA.  They don't represent the people in that district.

btw. If the "superdelegates" should verify the voters' will, Where's the media demanding  Kerry, Kennedy, and Patrick of Mass. support Clinton?

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