Super Delegates for sale, Why are Democrats saying they are for change?

[T-Bone]

When their nomination process goes to the highest bidder, what say you?

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/02/superdelegates.html

"While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years," the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today.

[Johnny Sokko]

See now you're going to get a lot of answers like "Yeah, but the Republicans get big money for _________!"

[IVAN EP]

They are republicans are mostly old fashion.
Obama doesnt diserve to be president due to the fact he hasnt accomplised anythin and plays dirty!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d91jxghTnE

[s1ngularity]

I'm not expecting the Democrats to change. I'm expecting less wars.

[pdooma]

"A form of campaign payola has been noticed by a Washington, D.C. think-tank. According to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have pumped $890,000 into the campaign coffers of elected delegates who have a duel-roll as Democratic elected officials.

The "Hope Fund" an Obama political action committee (PAC), has paid more than $694,000 to Democratic "super-delegates." As of this week, of the 81elected officials who are "super-delegates" supporting Obama, 40 percent had received cash contributions. 52 of his super-delegate members are not currently serving elected officials and therefore don't have a current campaign committee into which they can legally deposit checks.

While none of this is technically illegal, it doesn't mean it's ethical either.
The Clinton camp is also playing the payola scam. HILLPAC, Clinton's PAC, and her campaign committee have paid $195,500 to super-delegates. 12 percent of the 109 super-delegates who have said they will support her have received campaign cash.

CRP quotes University of Virgina political science professor Larry Sabato saying:

Only the limits of human creativity could restrict the ways in which Obama and Clinton will try to be helpful to super-delegates. My guess is that if the nomination actually depends on super-delegates, the unwritten rule may be, 'ask and ye shall receive.'

So much for hopefully discarding the 'old politics'; the audacity of corruption continues its hold."

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/02/15/buying-superdelegates/

[n2_c*5Ha>Nq]

"Why are Democrats saying they are for change?"

Well, 'cause with their ignorant base of voters, it seems to be playing very, very well. It's kind of a joke, but it DOES seem to be working.