What makes BRAZILE a "superdelegate"? Plus, she will quit Dems if supers outweigh votes

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She was sitting there, but didn't say it herself. George WILL said she would quit the Democratic Party if the superdelegates overrule the popular vote.

As for superdelegates-- elected officials, who else? Plus, it's being said that superdelegates "were not elected by anybody"-- ?

[undeterred]

1. Well, I'd be happy if she would quit the Dems for any reason

so go ahead, Donna.

Edit: She is probably a member of the Democratic National Committee, selected by her state party.

[livvy]

2. Here's a list of all the superdelegates.

The following have pledged to a candidate, although they are free to change their mind at any time.

Clinton
DNC Patti Higgins (AK)
DNC Joe Reed (AL)
Gov. Tagiola Tulafono (AS)
DNC Fagafaga Langkilde (AS)
DNC Deanna Fuimaono (AS)
DNC Nathaniel Savali (AS)
Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ)
DNC Joe Rios (AZ)
DNC Janice C. Brunson (AZ)
Hon. Carolyn Warner (AZ)
Gov. Mike Beebe (AR)
Sen. Mark Pryor (AR)
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Rep. Marion Berry (AR)
Rep. Mike Ross (AR)
Rep. Vic Snyder (AR)
DNC Don Beavers (AR)
DNC Martha Dixon (AR)
DNC Karla Bradley (AR)
DNC Bill Gwatney (AR)
Sen. Diane Feinstein (CA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA)
Rep. Joe Baca (CA)
Rep. Doris Matsui (CA)
Rep. Mike Thompson (CA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (CA)
Rep. Jane Harman (CA)
Rep. Tom Lantos (CA)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA)
Rep. Laura Richardson (CA)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
Rep. Brad Sherman (CA)
Rep. Hilda Solis (CA)
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA)
Rep. Diane Watson (CA)
DNC Alice Huffman (CA)
DNC Alicia Wang (CA)
DNC Rosalind Wyman (CA)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (CA)
DNC Charles Manatt (CA)
DNC Kamil Hasan (CA)
DNC Mona Pasquil (CA)
DNC Mirian Saez (CA)
DNC Hon. Maria Echaveste (CA)
DNC Rachel Binah (CA)
Hon. Christopher Stampolis (CA)
Rep. Diane DeGette (CO)
DNC Manny Rodriguez (CO)
DNC Maria Handley (CO)
DNC Ramona Martinez (CO)
DNC Ellen Camhi (CT)
Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (DE)
DNC Rhett Ruggerio (DE)
DNC Karen Valentine (DE)
DNC Mary Eva Candon (DC)
DNC Yolanda Caraway (DC)
DNC Hartina Flournoy (DC)
DNC Harold Ickes (DC)
DNC Ben Johnson (DC)
DNC Eric Kleinfeld (DC)
DNC Minyon Moore (DC)
DNC Elizabeth Smith (DC)
DNC Marilyn Tyler Brown (DC)
DNC Gerald McEntee (DC)
DNC Carol Pensky (DC)
Sen. Bill Nelson (FL)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL)
Rep. Corrine Brown (FL)
Rep. Kendrick Meek (FL)
DNC Raul Martinez (FL)
Rep. David Scott (GA)
Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Michael Thurmond (GA)
Carole Dabbs (GA)
Lonnie Plott (GA)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (HI)
DNC John Rednour (IL)
Sen. Evan Bayh (IN)
DNC Joe Andrew (IN)
DNC Dan Parker (IN)
DNC Phoebe Crane (IN)
DNC Bob Pastrick (IN)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (IA)
DNC Sandy Opstvedt (IA)
DNC Sarah Swisher (IA)
DNC Mike Gronstal (IA)
DNC Teresa Krusor (KS)
Gov. John Baldacci (ME)
DNC Ken Curtis (ME)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Gov. Martin O'Malley (MD)
Rep. CA Dutch Ruppersberger (MD)
DNC Nancy Kopp (MD)
DNC Glenard Middleton (MD)
Alvaro Cifuentes (MD)
Richard Michalski (MD)
Michael Steed (MD)
Maria Cordone (MD)
Rep. Richard Neal (MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (MA)
Rep. Barney Frank (MA)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA)
DNC Steven Grossman (MA)
Dr. Elaine Kamarck (MA)
DNC Diane Saxe (MA)
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI)
Hon. John Cherry (MI)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Rep. Sander Levin (MI)
DNC Joel Ferguson (MI)
Rep. Dale Kildee (MI)
Rep. John Dingell (MI)
Mark Schauer (MI)
VP Walter Mondale (MN)
DNC Jackie Stevenson (MN)
DNC Rick Stafford (MN)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (MO)
Fmr. Rep. Dick Gephardt (MO)
DNC Doug Brooks (MO)
DNC Sandy Querry (MO)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV)
DNC Dina Titus (NV)


Clinton cont'd
DNC Gaeten DiGangi (NH)
DNC Anita Freedman (NH)
Gov. Jon Corzine (NJ)
Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ)
Rep. Robert Andrews (NJ)
Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (NJ)
Rep. Albio Sires (NJ)
DNC Joseph DeCotiis (NJ)
DNC Dana Redd (NJ)
Rep. Donald Payne (NJ)
DNC Joe Cryan (NJ)
DNC Tonio Burgos (NJ)
DNC June Fisher (NJ)
Hon. Diane Denish (NM)
DNC Hon. Martin Chavez (NM)
DNC Mary Gail Gwaltney (NM)
Hon. Raymond Sanchez (NM)
Annadelle Sanchez (NM)
Christine Trujillo (NM)
Gov. Eliot Spitzer (NY)
President Bill Clinton (NY)
Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (NY)
Rep. Gary Ackerman (NY)
Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY)
Rep. Timothy Bishop (NY)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY)
Rep. Eliot Engel (NY)
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Rep. John Hall (NY)
Rep. Brian Higgins (NY)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY)
Rep. Steve Israel (NY)
Rep. Nita Lowey (NY)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY)
Rep. Michael McNulty (NY)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY)
Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Richard Schaffer (NY)
Rep. Jose Serrano (NY)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY)
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY)
DNC June O'Neill (NY)
DNC Dave Pollak (NY)
DNC Randi Weingarten (NY)
DNC Vivian Cook (NY)
DNC Emily Giske (NY)
DNC Judith Hope (NY)
DNC Maria Luna (NY)
DNC Sheldon Silver (NY)
DNC Robert Zimmerman (NY)
DNC Hon. David Paterson (NY)
DNC Susan Burgess (NC)
Gov. Ted Strickland (OH)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH)
DNC Betty McElderry (OK)
Gov. Ted Kulongoski (OR)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (OR)
Gov. Ed Rendell (PA)
DNC Hon. TJ Rooney (PA)
Rep. Joe Sestak (PA)
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA)
Rep. Paul Kanjorski (PA)
DNC Rena Baumgartner (PA)
DNC Jean Milko (PA)
DNC Roberto Prats Palerm (PR)
DNC Kenneth McClintock (PR)
DNC Francisco Domenec (PR)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Rep. Jim Langevin (RI)
DNC David Cicilline (RI)
DNC William Lynch (RI)
DNC Mark Weiner (RI)
DNC Don Fowler (SC)
DNC Marva Smalls (SC)
DNC Bill Owen (TN)
DNC Elisa Parker (TN)
DNC Hon. Myron Lowery (TN)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX)
DNC Sue Lovell (TX)
DNC Senfronia Thompson (TX)
DNC Denise Johnson (TX)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (TX)
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX)
Rep. Gene Green (TX)
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX)
Former Speaker Jim Wright (TX)
DNC Norma Fisher Flores (TX)
DNC David Holmes (TX)
DNC Hon. Karen Hale (UT)
DNC Helen Langan (UT)
DNC Terry McAuliffe (VA)
DNC Jennifer McClellan (VA)
DNC Mame Reiley (VA)
DNC Lionel Spruill Sr. (VA)
DNC Susan Swecker (VA)
Del. Donna M Christensen (VI)
Billi Gosh (VT)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA)
Sen. Patty Murray (WA)
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA)
Former Speaker Tom Foley (WA)
DNC Ron Sims (WA)
Rep. Norm Dicks (WA)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)
DNC Tim Sullivan (WI)


Obama
Rep. Artur Davis (AL)
Del. Eni FH Faleomavaga (AS)
Theresa Hunkin (AS)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (AZ)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA)
Rep. Adam Schiff (CA)
Rep. George Miller (CA)
Rep Zoe Lofgren (CA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA)
DNC Hon. Eric Garcetti (CA)
DNC Norma Torres (CA)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO)
DNC Dan Slater (CO)
Debbie Marquez (CO)
DNC JW Postal (CO)
Rep. Chris Murphy (CT)
Rep. John Larson (CT)
DNC Stephen Fontana (CT)
DNC Martin Dunleavy (CT)
Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Anthony Avallone (CT)
Mayor Adrian Fenty (DC)
DNC Dr. James Zogby (DC)
DNC Arrington Dixon (DC)
Rep. Robert Wexler (FL)
DNC Allan Katz (FL)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA)
Mayor Shirley Franklin (GA) **
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI)
DNC Hon. Gail Bray (ID)
DNC Grant Burgoyne (ID)
Gov. Rod Blagojevich (IL)
Sen. Barack Obama (IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (IL)
Rep. Melissa Bean (IL)
Rep. Jerry Costello (IL)
Rep. Danny Davis (IL)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL)
Rep. Phil Hare (IL)
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (IL)
Rep. Bobby Rush (IL)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL)
DNC Constance Howard (IL)
DNC Margaret Blackshere (IL)
DNC Hon. Emil Jones Jr. (IL)
DNC Hon. Iris Martinez (IL)
DNC Tom Hynes (IL)
DNC Willie Barrow (IL)
DNC Michael Madigan (IL)
Rep. Dave Loebsack (IA)
Gov. Chet Culber (IA)
DNC Michael Fitzgerald (IA)
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (KS)
DNC E. Lee Kinch (KS)
DNC Randy Roy (KS)
Rep. John Yarmuth (KY)
Rep. Albert Wynn (MD)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD)
DNC Karren Pope-Onwukwe (MD)
Gov. Deval Patrick (MA)
Sen. John Kerry (MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA)
Rep. William Delahunt (MA)
Rep. Michael Capuano (MA)
DNC Alan Solomont (MA)
Rep. John Conyers (MI)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN)
Rep. Keith Ellison (MN)
Rep. Tim Walz (MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN)
Hon. Mee Moua (MN)
Ken Foxworth (MN)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS)
DNC Johnnie Patton (MS)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO)
Rep. Russ Carnahan (MO)
Rep. Lacy Clay (MO)
Mark Bryant (MO)
Sen. Ben Nelson (NE)
Vince Powers (NE)
Frank LaMere (NE)
Rep. Steve Rothman (NJ)
DNC Steven Horsford (NV)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH)
Rep. Paul Hodes (NH)
DNC Hon. Martha Fuller Clark (NH)
Fmr DNC Chair Fred Harris (NM)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC)
DNC Everett Ward (NC)
Sen. Kent Conrad (ND)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (ND)
DNC Jim Maxson (ND)
DNC Mary Wakefield (ND)
DNC Kitti Asbury - (OK)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (RI)
DNC Patrick Lynch (RI)
DNC Waring Howe Jr. (SC)
Sen. Tim Johnson (SD)
Fmr Sen. Tom Daschle (SD)
Rep. Jim Cooper (TN)
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN)
DNC Lois DeBerry (TN)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX)
Rep. Al Green (TX)
DNC Moses Mercado (TX)
DNC Bill Orton (UT)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT)
Rep. Peter Welch (VT)
Gov. Tim Kaine (VA)
Rick Boucher (VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA)
Gov. John P. deJongh, Jr. (VI)
Judy Bevans (VT)
DNC Chuck Ross Jr. (VT)
Rep. Adam Smith (WA)
Pat Notter (WA)
Gov. Christine Gregoire (WA)
Rep. Gwen Moore (WI)
Gov. Jim Doyle (WI)
Rep. David Obey (WI)
DNC Peter Jorgenson (WY)
DNC John Millin (WY)




* Superdelegates from Democrats Abroad only count as 1/2 of a vote.

These are the unpledged delgates:

Representatives
Bud Cramer (AL)
Harry Mitchell (AZ)
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
Nancy Pelosi (CA)
Jerry McNerney (CA)
Pete Stark (CA)
Mike Honda (CA)
Sam Farr (CA)
Jim Costa (CA)
Lois Capps (CA)
Howard Berman (CA)
Henry Waxman (CA)
Bob Filner (CA)
Susan Davis (CA)
Mark Udall (CO)
John Salazar (CO)
Joe Courtney (CT)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Kathy Castor (FL)
Tim Mahoney (FL)
Ron Klein (FL)
Jim Marshall (GA)
John Barrow (GA)
Mazie Hirono (HI)
Dan Lipinski (IL)
Rahm Emanuel (IL)
Peter Visclosky (IN)
Joe Donnelly (IN)
Brad Ellsworth (IN)
Baron Hill (IN)
Rep. Bruce Braley (IA)
Nancy Boyda (KS)
Dennis Moore (KS)
Ben Chandler (KY)
William Jefferson (LA)
Charlie Melancon (LA)
Tom Allen (ME)
Rep. Michael Michaud (ME)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Steny Hoyer (MD)
Chris Van Hollen (MD)
John Olver (MA)
Niki Tsongas (MA)
John Tierney (MA)
Edward Markey (MA)
Sander Levin (MI)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI)
Rep. Bart Stupak (MI)
Collin Peterson (MN)
Gene Taylor (MS)
Ike Skelton (MO)
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ)
Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)
Rep. Brad Miller (NC)
Rep. David Price (NC)
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC)
Rep. Mel Watt (NC)
Rep. Tom Udall (NM)
Charlie Wilson (OH)
Marcia Kaptur (OH)
Betty Sutton (OH)
Tim Ryan (OH)
Rep. Zack Space (OH)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH)
David Wu (OR)
Peter DeFazio (OR)
Bob Brady (PA)
Jason Altmire (PA)
Chris Carney (PA)
John Murtha (PA)
Tim Holden (PA)
Rep. Mike Doyle (PA)
John Spratt (SC)
Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD)
Rep. Dan Boren (OK)
Lincoln Davis (TN)
Bart Gordon (TN)
John Tanner (TN)
Chet Edwards (TX)
Nick Lampson (TX)
Ciro Rodriguez (TX)
Lloyd Doggett (TX)
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (TX)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Jim Moran (VA)
Rick Larsen (WA)
Brian Baird (WA)
Jim McDermott (WA)
Alan Mollohan (WV)
Nick Rahall (WV)
Ron Kind (WI)
Steve Kagen (WI)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)

Presidents & VPs
Jimmy Carter (GA)
Al Gore (TN)

Senators
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Ken Salazar (CO)
Chris Dodd (CT)
Joe Biden (DE)
Tom Carper (DE)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Carl Levin (MI)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Max Baucus (MT)
John Tester (MT)
Harry Reid (NV)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Bob Casey (PA)
Jack Reed (RI)
Jim Webb (VA)
Robert Byrd (WV)
Jay Rockefeller (WV)
Herb Kohl (WI)
Russ Feingold (WI)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Fmr. Senator George Mitchell
Michael Brown (DC)
Paul Strauss (DC)


Governors
Bill Ritter (CO)
Steve Beshear (KY)
Brian Schweitzer (MT)
John Lynch (NH)
Bill Richardson (NM)
Mike Easley (NC)
Brad Henry (OK)
Phil Bredeson (TN)
Joe Manchin (WV)
Dave Freudenthal (WY)
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PR)
DNC Members
Howard Dean - Chairman (VT)
Lottie Shackleford (AR)
Linda Chavez -Thompson (TX)
Susan Turnbull (MD)
Mark Brewer (MI)
Andrew Tobias (FL)
Alice Germond (WV)
Philip D. Murphy (NJ)
Alabama
Joe Turnham - AL Chair
Nancy Worley - AL Vice Chair
Hon. Yvonne Kennedy
Hon. Randy Kelley
Alaska
Blake Johnson - AK Vice Chair
Hon. John Davies
Cindy Spanyers
Arizona
Don Bivens - AZ Chair
Donna Branch Gilby - AZ Vice Chair
California
Art Torres - CA Chair
Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker - Vice Chair
Steven Alari
Mary Ellen Early
Edward Espinoza
Inola Henry
Aleita Huguenin
Hon. Carole Midgen
Bob Mulholland
Christine Pelosi
Robert Rankin
Garry Shay
Keith Umemoto
Steve Ybarra
John Perez
Colorado
Pat Waak - CO Chair
Connecticut
Nancy DiNardo - CT Chair
John Olsen
Delaware
John Daniello - DE Chair
Harriet Smith-Windsor - DE Vice Chair
Florida
Karen Thurman - FL Chair
Rudolph Parker - FL Vice Chair
Terrie Brady
Mitchell Ceasar
Hon. Joyce Cusack
Diane Glasser
Chuck Mohlke
Janee Murphy
Jon Ausman (FL)
Georgia
Jane Kidd - GA Chair
Mary Long
Richard Ray
Hawaii
Beverly Withington - Chair
Joshua Wisch - Vice Chair
Richard Port
Dr. Marie Dolly Strazar
Idaho
Keith Roark - Chair
Jeanne Buell - Vice-chair
Illinois
Hon. Carol Ronen
Hon. Darlena Williams-Burnett
Indiana
Cordelia Lewis Burks - IN Vice Chair
Connie Thurman
Iowa
Scott Brennan - IA Chair
Richard Machacek
Kansas
Larry Gates - KS Chair
Helen Knetzer
Kentucky
Jennifer Moore - Chair
Nathan Smith - Vice Chair
Moretta Bosley
Terry McBrayer
Jo Etta Wickliffe
Louisiana
Chris Whittington - LA Chair
Mary Lou Winters - LA Vice Chair
Patsy Arcenaux
Hon. Renee Gill Pratt
Claude "Buddy" Leach
Maine
Marianne Stevens - ME Vice Chair
Jennifer DeChant
Sam Spencer
John Knutson
Maryland
Michael Cryor - MD Chair
Lauren Glover - MD Vice Chair
Hon. Heather Mizeur
Hon. Gregory Pecoraro
Mary Jo Neville
Massachusetts
John Walsh - MA Chair
Debra Kozikowski
Gus Bickford
Hon. Raymond Jordan
David O'Brien
Margaret Xifaras
Michigan
Arthenia Abbott - MI Vice Chair
Elizabeth Bunn
Debbie Dingell
Hon. Robert Ficano
Joyce Lalonde
Jeffrey Radjewski
Michael Tardiff
Richard Wiener
DNC Debbie Dingell (MI)
Minnesota
Brian Melendez - MN Chair
Donna Cassutt - MN Vice Chair
Nancy Larson
Mississippi
Wayne Dowdy - Chair
Carnelia Pettis Fondren - Vice Chair
Everett Sanders
Missouri
John Temporiti - Chair
Yolanda Wheat - Vice Chair
Leila Medley
Montana
Dennis McDonald - MT Chair
Hon. Margarett Campbell - MT Vice Chair
Jean Lemire Dahlman
Hon. Ed Tinsley
Nebraska
Steven Achelpohl - NE Chair
Audra Ostergard - NE Vice Chair
Kathleen Fahey
Nevada
Jill Derby - NV Chair
Sam Lieberman - NV Vice Chair
New Hampshire
Raymond Buckley - NH Chair
New Jersey
Donald Norcross
DNC Christine "Roz" Samuels (NJ)
New Mexico
Brian Colon - NM Chair
New York
Hon. Herman Farrell Jr.
Dennis Mehiel
Hon. Robert Ramirez
Irene Stein
Sylvia Tokasz
North Carolina
Jerry Meek - NC Chair
Dannie Montgomery - NC Vice Chair
Dr. Jeanette Council
David Parker
Muriel Offerman
Carol Peterson
North Dakota
David Strauss - ND Chair
Renee Pfenning
Ohio
Hon. Chris Redfern - OH Chair
Hon. Rhine McLin - OH Vice Chair
William Burga
Enid Goubeaux
Hon. Mark Mallory
Ronald Malone
Patricia Moss
Sonni Nardi
Oklahoma
Ivan Holmes
Jim Frasier
Oregon
Meredith Woods-Smith - OR Chair
Frank Dixon - OR Vice Chair
Jenny Greenleaf
Wayne Kinney
Pennsylvania
Carol Ann Campbell
Hon. Richard Donatucci
William George
Marcel Groen
Hon. Sophie Masloff
Ian Murray
Evelyn Richardson

DNC Members (cont'd)
Rhode Island
Edna O'Neill Matson - RI Vice Chair
Hon. Frank Montanaro
South Carolina
Carol Fowler - SC Chair
Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat - SC Vice Chair
Hon. Gilda Cobb-Hunter
South Dakota
Jack Billion - SD Chair
Deb Knecht - SD Vice Chair
Hon. Nick Nemec
Sharon Stroschein
Tennessee
Gray Sasser - TN Chair
Will Cheek
Dr. Inez Crutchfield
Jimmie Farris
Texas
Boyd Richie - TX Chair
Roy LaVerne Brooks - TX Vice Chair
Hon. Yvonne Davis
Hon. Al Edwards
Jaime Gonzalez Jr.
John Patrick
Betty Richie
Bob Slagle
Utah
Wayne Holland Jr. - UT Chair
Vermont
Ian Carleton - VT Chair
Virginia
Jim Leaman
C Richard Cranwell
Washington DC
Anita Bonds - DC Chair
Jeffery Richardson - DC Vice Chair
Washington
Dwight Pelz - WA Chair
Eileen Macoll - WA Vice Chair
Ed Cote
Sharon Mast
David McDonald
West Virginia
Nick Casey Jr. - WV Chair
Belinda Biofore - WV Vice Chair
Pat Maroney
Marie Prezioso
Wisconsin
Lena Taylor - WI Vice Chair
Stan Gruszynski
Jason Rae
Melissa Schroeder
Paula Zellner
Joe Wineke
Wyoming
Nancy Drummond - WY Vice Chair
Cynthia Nunley
Democrats Abroad *
Christine Marques - Chair
Toby Condliffe - Vice Chair
Robert Bell
Connie Borde
Liv Gibbons
Theresa Morelli
Brent O'Leary
Leo Perez Minaya
Guam
Antonio Charfauros - Chair
Cecilia Mafnas - Vice Chair
Taling Taitano
Hon. Robert Underwood
Puerto Rico
Luisette Cabana - Vice Chair
Dr. Celita Arroyo de Roques
Virgin Islands
Cecil Benjamin - Chair
Marylyn Stapleton - Vice Chair
Carol Burke
Kevin Rodriguez
Members -At-Large
Lu Battaglieri (MI)
Joyce Brayboy (VA)
Donna Brazile (DC)
Anna Burger (PA)
Hon. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (MO)
Larry Cohen (DC)
Ralph Dawson (NY)
Barbara Easterling (VA)
Kalyn Free (OK)
John Gage (MD)
Hon. Yvonne Gates (NV)
Janice Griffin (MD)
Hon. Alexis Herman (VA)
Ben Jeffers (LA)
Joe Johnson (VA)
Belkis Leong-Hong (MD)
Leon Lynch (PA)
Robert Martinez (TX)
Mona Mohib (CT)
Jay Parmley (OK)
Steve Powell (IL)
Gail Rasmussen (OR)
James Roosevelt Jr (MA)
Eliseo Roques-Arroyo (PR)
Richard Shoemaker (MI)
Edward Smith (IL)
Marianne Spraggins (NY)
John Sweeney (MD)
Vernon Watkins (CA)
Jerome Wiley Segovia (VA)
Former DNC Chairmen
David Wilhelm (IL)
Debra DeLee (MA)
Paul Kirk (MA)
Roy Romer (CO)
Bob Strauss (TX)
Nat'l Conf. of Dem. Mayors
Hon. Kwame Kilpatrick (MI)
Dem. Assoc. of SoS
Hon. Robin Carnahan (MO)
Hon. Bill Bradbury (OR)
Nat'l Assoc of Dem State Treasurers
Dem. Leg. Campaign Comm.
Hon. Joyce Beatty (OH)
Nat'l Dem. County Officials
Hon. Eric Coleman (MI)
Hon. Margie Woods (IL)
Nat'l Fed. of Dem. Women
Virgie Rollins (MI)
Hon. Ruth Rudy (PA)
College Dems of America
Lauren Wolfe (MI)
Awais Khaleel (WI)
Young Dems of America
David Hardt (TX)
Crystal Strait (CA)
Dem Assoc. of Atty Gen.
Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Nat'l Dem Ethnic Coord. Comm.
Christine Warnke (DC)
Nat'l Dem. Seniors Coord. Comm.
Hon. John Melcher (MT)
Secretary of Emeritus
Kathleen Vick (DC)
Unassigned
Four "Unassigned" superdelegates to be determined before the convention.


* Superdelegates from Democrats Abroad count as 1/2 of a vote.

In addition to the above superdelegates, there are 76 additional unpledged add-ons that will be picked at the various state conventions.

Both lists can be found through this link.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegates-who-havent-endorsed.html

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4. Holy Zeus!1 Thanks for all that info. So it's electeds, DNC? n/t

[livvy]

13. More selected than elected.

From Wiki:
Superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention include all Democratic members of the United States Congress, Democratic governors, various additional elected officials, members of the Democratic National Committee, as well as "all former Democratic Presidents, all former Democratic Vice Presidents, all former Democratic Leaders of the U.S. Senate, all former Democratic Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Minority Leaders, as applicable, and all former Chairs of the Democratic National Committee."<3> There is an exception, however, for otherwise qualified individuals who endorse another party’s candidate for President; they lose their superdelegate status. In 2008, Senator Joe Lieberman was disqualified as a superdelegate because he endorsed Republican John McCain.<4>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate


From the Democratic Convention Website:
UNPLEDGED AND PLEDGED PARTY LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIAL DELEGATES

The procedure to be used for certifying unpledged party leader and elected official delegates is as follows:
Not later than March 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Democratic National Committee shall officially confirm to each State Democratic Chair the names of the following unpledged delegates who legally reside in their respective state and who shall be recognized as part of their state’s delegation unless any such member has publicly expressed support for the election of, or has endorsed, a presidential candidate of another political party;

The individuals recognized as members of the DNC (as set forth in Article Three, Sections 2 and 3 of the Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States); and,

The Democratic President and the Democratic Vice President of the United States, if applicable; and,

All Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives and all Democratic members of the United States Senate; and,

The Democratic Governor, if applicable; and,

All former Democratic Presidents, all former Democratic Vice Presidents, all former Democratic Leaders of the U.S. Senate, all former Democratic Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Minority Leaders, as applicable, and all former Chairs of the Democratic National Committee.

The history of the "super delegates" is interesting. They came to be as a result of the outcome of the 1968 Dem Convention, and changes made as a result. Further changes were made and instituted for the 1980 Dem Convention. Here's a brief history posted at Wiki:

After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party implemented changes in its delegate selection process, based on the work of the McGovern-Fraser Commission. The purpose of the changes was to make the composition of the convention less subject to control by party leaders and more responsive to the votes cast during the campaign for the nomination.

These comprehensive changes left some Democrats believing that the role of party leaders and elected officials had been unduly diminished, weakening the Democratic ticket. In response, the superdelegate rule was instituted after the 1980 election. Its purpose was to accord a greater role to active politicians.<1>

In the 1984 election, the major contenders for the Presidential nomination were Gary Hart and Walter Mondale. Each of them won some primaries and caucuses. Hart was only slightly behind Mondale in the total number of votes cast, but Mondale won the support of almost all the superdelegates and became the nominee.<2>

The superdelegates have not always prevailed, however. In the Democratic primary phase of the 2004 election, Howard Dean acquired an early lead in delegate counts by obtaining the support of a number of superdelegates before even the first primaries were held. Nevertheless, John Kerry defeated Dean in a succession of primaries and caucuses and won the nomination.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate

Here's an interesting chart that compares primary results to superdelegate endorsements.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/do-superdelegates-vote-same-as-their.html

The above site has much interesting info and links to more.

[librechik]

15. thanks, livvy--who could have guessed that the dems

would also have a crony good ol boy system that secretly runs all ?

[SoFlaJet]

3. Gwen Ifill (sp?)

said she revised her statement to say she will quit her leadership role in the party-ya can't change your politics that easily-there are some things you just can't

[UTUSN]

5. Yes? But this was just a few minutes ago about quitting. n/t

[SoFlaJet]

9. Yea I saw MTP

it's on an hour earlier in the east-saw it-DB won't quit the party maybe just resign her position IN the party if the super delegates usurp the will of the people

[Redbear]

6. She is a DNC member. (n/t)

[NWHarkness]

7. We don't elect our Governors, Senators, etc?

I think we need to do a much better job of letting people know how these things are done. You elected a superdelegate when you elected a Democratic Governor, Senator, Congressman, etc.

Most of the other superdelegates are state chairs and national committee members, who are elected by the state committees, who are elected, in most states (if not all, I'm not sure) by the county committees, who are elected by the local committees.

To me, it seems like. if you don't like the way things works, get involved in your local party. Too many people show up once every four years and complain about the way the party works, without thinking about the fact that some of us work at keeping the party going all the time, not just in the presidential years.

[UTUSN]

14. & the vast majority of Dem Party constituents don't vote at all, EVER

If every single eligible voter actually voted, there wouldn't be a Rethug in office anywhere. Plus, I personally know a couple here and a couple there who are beneficiaries of Dem programs--Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, Social Security, minimum wage raises, GI Bill-----who voted for Shrub. No concept of what the bedrock philosophies of the parties are or where these programs came from.

[KG]

8. don't forget, brazile brags about her weekly chats with rove.

how cool is that?

[undeterred]

11. Like I said, if she quits the party, no great loss.

If she quits as a superdelegate,no great loss. If she gets her mug off television, big improvement.

[alfredo]

10. No, she will quit her position in the party, but stay a Dem.

[CreekDog]

12. The point is if the nom is decided by something other than primary/caucus processes

It will not be legit in the eyes of most people and this whole dance will have been a charade.

If the superdelegates overrule the candiate with a plurality coming out of the primary/caucus process, it will be a disaster for the party and many people will sit out the general --many people who could in the past ever have conceived of not voting for the Dem no matter what. This is how big a deal this is.

I don't want a governor or senator deciding that their votes are going to override the numbers of pledged delegates. That would be a farse. I'm not crazy about Donna Brazile, but she's right on this one.

[UTUSN]

16. Fine with me. I'd prefer ALL elections to be by VOTING (not caucuses)

It's clear that very committed activists---a.k.a. "ZEALOTS"---show up at caucuses and skew the outcomes. It's bad enough that most eligible voters don't even actually vote.


Too bad about the source, but Pat BUCHANAN, whom I regard as a NAZI and a NIXON-bot, *correctly* has been repeating in his marathon appearances on MSRNC that McGOVERN *and* GOLDWATER all attracted a humongous following---------among their ACTIVISTS/ZEALOTS (my words), and ended up with the worst ever showings.


Add caucuses to the long list of our antiquated and deadwood political institutions that will sink us for clinging to them. Electoral college.



A tidbit from some history of the Catholic church said that they considered electing popes every four years but realized that there would be continual turmoil and perpetual electioneering and they settled on life tenure. Not that I'm advocating that, but we're deeply IN to that perpetual electioneering.

[JCMach1]

17. So why doesn't she quit now if she doesn't believe in the system?

Answer, she's a hypocrite!