Superdelegate primary

The Democrats do not want a convention fight in August. They certainly do not want to steal the nomination away from Barack Obama with a deal brokered at the convention that has him going into the convention with a lead in delegates, but not exiting the convention as the nominee. The Democrats would also like to figure out how to count both Florida and Michigan, but that seems quite unlikely since both states now have tabled their plans for a revote. So, what are the Democrats to do? The latest idea being floated is to hold a superdelegate primary before the August convention in order not to wreck the Democrat 's chances of winning the White House in November because of a massive walkout by supporters of the losing campaign. This proposal is being touted by Democrat Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee. The idea is to have the some 800 superdelegates, some 40% who are still uncommitted, vote ahead of the August convention, in mid-June, so as to avoid a convention fight. Such an idea is gaining momentum among some of the party's elite, but is a long way from being settled. The idea of having Clinton and Obama make one final "open" appeal to the superdelegates before a transparent vote has a lot of merit and would bring this at-times ugly nomination process to a conclusion most can live with. But being that such an option makes too much sense, I fear the Democrats will reject it.