College Democrats Super Delegates Want Your Opinion

Mike, the first thing I thought of after seeing this vid on Huffington was the blog post you made a few months ago regarding young superdelegates. If I can remember correctly, you expressed disappointment that they didn't take the views of young people into more consideration. I wonder if that had any impact on their decision to open things up like this?

Anyways, here are the reasons I gave them for why I think they should endorse Obama:

1. It's pretty much mathematically guaranteed that Obama will win the
pledged delegate count. If superdelegates overturn the will of the people,
it would create horrible bad blood within the Democratic party and
alienate many of the millions of new Dems that Obama has brought to the
party.

2. We need a candidate who can stand strong on Iraq against McCain in the
fall and say they've been against the war from the beginning.

3. Obama doesn't take money from lobbyists and PACs, and Hillary does (as
a former Edwards supporter, this one is really important to me).

4. The Democratic party is the party of the people and our candidate
should embody that core value. Obama's campaign has spurred more
grassroots donations and volunteers than any campaign in American history.

5. With Obama at the top of the ballot, his coattails would help Dems win
across the country and give us a better chance of getting a
filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. He has shown that he can put
states like Virginia and Montana into play and help us get past the
"battle ground states" and "50+1%" thinking leaves a lot of people out of
the political process.

6. Young voters overwhelmingly support Obama over Clinton and we hope we
can count on our superdelegates to represent our views in Denver.

Awais emailed me right back and thanked me for my input, so it's great to see that they're taking the time to respond individually.