::In the DNC bylaws, the DNC '''Committee''' makes the nomination. The 4,000+ delegates are cosmetic. The standing Committee consists of a variable number of approximately 264-279 members who are the same as "[[Superdelegate]]s" (they include all federal, some statewide elected officials such as governors & Lt. governors, big city mayors, etc. So the number is constantly changing cause of state and local election schedules). They nominate the candidate (as happened when [[Sargent Shriver]] replaced [[Tom Eagleton]] in 1972). | ::In the DNC bylaws, the DNC '''Committee''' makes the nomination. The 4,000+ delegates are cosmetic. The standing Committee consists of a variable number of approximately 264-279 members who are the same as "[[Superdelegate]]s" (they include all federal, some statewide elected officials such as governors & Lt. governors, big city mayors, etc. So the number is constantly changing cause of state and local election schedules). They nominate the candidate (as happened when [[Sargent Shriver]] replaced [[Tom Eagleton]] in 1972). |