Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:56 PM Pacific

Texas superdelegate defends power to overturn the vote

From the Houston Chronicle:

Hardt, the Young Democrats leader, said the criticism of superdelegates is unfair. They are the activists who keep the party going, he said, and they deserve a say in choosing the nominee.

"I don't knock on doors in the 100-degree heat in the middle of a Texas summer for nothing," he said.

"When we're in the middle of a down time, and everybody thinks the party is dead in a state or in the nation, and we have no electeds, someone's got to keep that party together. It's usually people like us.

"So we have earned our right to sit at the table."

Texas superdelegate defends power to overturn the vote

From the Houston Chronicle:

Hardt, the Young Democrats leader, said the criticism of superdelegates is unfair. They are the activists who keep the party going, he said, and they deserve a say in choosing the nominee.

"I don't knock on doors in the 100-degree heat in the middle of a Texas summer for nothing," he said.

"When we're in the middle of a down time, and everybody thinks the party is dead in a state or in the nation, and we have no electeds, someone's got to keep that party together. It's usually people like us.

"So we have earned our right to sit at the table."

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