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One fifth of the delegates to the [[Democratic]] national convention are '''superdelegates''', essentially giving them veto power over a popular choice in a close race for the presidential nomination<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/not-so-superdelegates/ Not So Superdelegates], By Ari Berman Editorial, ''The Nation'', January 31, 2008.</ref>.
One fifth of the delegates to the [[Democratic]] national convention are '''superdelegates''', essentially giving them veto power over a popular choice in a close race for the presidential nomination<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/not-so-superdelegates/ Not So Superdelegates], By Ari Berman Editorial, ''The Nation'', January 31, 2008.</ref>.
The [[Democrats]] adopted this system of '''superdelegates''' to to lock out "insurgent candidate" and avert another fiasco like that experienced in 1972, when the purely democratic nomination process produced an unelectable candidate for president, [[George McGovern]].
The [[Democrats]] adopted this system of '''superdelegates''' to to lock out "insurgent candidates" and avert another fiasco like that experienced in 1972, when the purely democratic nomination process produced an unelectable candidate for president, [[George McGovern]].
==Hunt Commission==
==Hunt Commission==