Andrew Parker: I’m a pretty stalwart democrat and even I would never say that I think “3,900 of the kind of person who went to their state convention and wanted to be a delegate to the national convention” should decide the nominee without voter input.

There’s something almost poetic in writing “few people grapple with the convention rules” and immediately receiving a reply of “fuck the convention rules the ‘party’ can just decide how to pick someone now”.

The historians behind the LBJ account on the twit put together this excellent history of the Dem convention that is worth the read: lbjvantagepoint.com/the-white-ho...

A Brief History of the Democratic Party's Nomination Systemlbjvantagepoint.com A long form piece on why the nomination process is at it is. And how it became that way. We hope you find it informative — The Office Staff to the 36th President of the United States

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills because “if someone drops out their delegates are released and can vote for anyone but aren’t replaced or repledged” is something we’ve seen happen as recently as four years ago.

It's wishful thinking with little depth---embarrassing that media like WaPo are engaging in the fantasy of "if Biden drops out, who is most likely to get the nomination" fantasy politics nonsense.

I’m a pretty stalwart democrat and even I would never say that I think “3,900 of the kind of person who went to their state convention and wanted to be a delegate to the national convention” should decide the nominee without voter input.

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