Good to see the Supers knocking back this ridiculousness from bob Beckel.
Q: CAN THE CONVENTION DELEGATES PICK A VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OVER THE WILL OF THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE?
A: Can we? Yes. Will we? No. This question comes in part based on an article at Real Clear Politics by Bob Beckel, who writes "count on it" when it comes to the big bad Superdelegates pushing to put Senator Clinton on the ticket. Hmm...not so fast.The convention votes on a vice presidential runningmate, but it is highly unlikely that we will act beyond the will of the presumptive nominee. Both pledged and Super delegates alike are savvy folks. We've all been heavily immersed in the political process for years (OK some pledged delegates only for months, but what an intense few months they've been). Add to that, whereas the DNC has allowed the campaigns to run their course during the nomination period, the national Party will likely be compelled to step in and defend the presumptive nominee's ability to own the VP selection process.
Right now we all want to come together as a Party, and while 50% of the delegates at the convention are women (all state delegations are gender-balanced), the majority of voters are for Obama, and with a few possible exceptions, we will cast our votes the way the Obama campaign asks us to. Party unity starts with coalescing around the decisions of your Party leader, not by forcing other candidates on him.
This isn't the 1950s, people. And please, let's stop taking advice from the man who ran Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, OK? I mean, c'mon...
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