Kaine calls for eliminating superdelegates

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/tim-kaine-end-superdelegates-2...

Maybe he's not such a tool after all?

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is urging the Democratic National Committee to end its tradition of using superdelegates, which activists say diminish the influence of regular voters at the expense of party bigwigs in the presidential nominating process.

"I have long believed there should be no superdelegates. These positions are given undue influence in the popular nominating contest and make the process less democratic,” Kaine wrote in a letter Wednesday to DNC chairman Tom Perez, according to a copy obtained by POLITICO.

Or is he up to something?

His letter could spur other superdelegates to publicly weigh in on the system's future.

The superdelegate question has been front-and-center in the commission’s deliberations, and Sanders himself has urged reform to the process after Clinton entered their 2016 match-up with substantial support even prior to any primary contest.

After months worth of meetings, the commission — made up of appointees of Clinton, Sanders, and Perez — is due to wrap up its work and issue recommendations next month.

Hmmmm

The DNC’s handling of these recommendations is shaping up to be yet another inflection point for the organization, which has suffered through poor fund-raising and a series of controversies in recent months, most recently when former chair Donna Brazile published a book suggesting the institution was unfairly tipped toward Clinton over Sanders.

Yet more bold, decisive leadership in a time of need for radical change if you ask me.

I vote Crickets!

(Wait, was that an option?)