I feel strongly that my elected representatives should take my political views to the law-making process. I vote for them based on my perception of their ability to do that.
The other point of view is to vote for the representative whose personal views are most acceptable. I don't believe that the representative's personal opinions should carry much weight when compared to the majority opinion of their constituents.
Of course there are tons of implementation details with either position, but the super-delegate is a manifestation of the latter viewpoint and one I don't much care for.
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Date: 2008-02-27 01:21 am (UTC)The other point of view is to vote for the representative whose personal views are most acceptable. I don't believe that the representative's personal opinions should carry much weight when compared to the majority opinion of their constituents.
Of course there are tons of implementation details with either position, but the super-delegate is a manifestation of the latter viewpoint and one I don't much care for.
K.