Montana Gov. Schweitzer speaks out on superdelegates

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There's been a bit of chatter online about Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer being vocal in pressing superdelegates like him to go, in some way shape or form, with the will of the people, and I spoke to Schweitzer today, who confirmed that he's encouraging other superdelegates to join him in giving up their decision-making power.

"I think the people ought to decide this. I just don’t like the notion of backroom deals," he said. "What I don’t want to do is disenfranchise anybody — particularly new voters. People who have shown up because it’s a movement. They want to be part of the group that elected the first woman president, or the first black person to be president."

"Let’s have a transparent process. I don’t care or really know whether a superdelegate wants to decide where they go based on the national popular vote, or the national delegate count, when they get there, or wait and see what people in your state have said," he said.

Schweitzer said it was a matter of what would go on his tombstone:

"I want them to say he loved his wife, he was a good father and he did the right thing as a superdelegate. I don’t want them to say that he was in a smoke-filled room, that people were twisting arms," he said.

Schweitzer says he's staying neutral, at least through the Montana caucuses June 3.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Schweitzers_neutrality.html