Reply #11: The least democratic process that I've ever seen is the way that regular delegates

[suzie]

are selected.

The process of selecting them is manipulated in the most incredible way by those not-interested-in-running-for-public-office-themselves party insiders at the state level--last I looked, delegates were selected at the state level.

These people spend all the time between elections rewriting the rules so they can see that their delegates are selected the next time, or that their chosen candidate has the inside track.

Very few of the "party insiders" at the state level are elected officials as far as I've seen. Elected officials are usually out doing real stuff, instead of sitting in endless meetings talking about political party rules.

As far as I've seen, elected officials are far more inclined toward democratic actions than the political groupies that hang out year in and year out reworking the Party rules.

People's faith in politics would be completely and totally destroyed forever if they knew much about the workings of political parties and the kinds of groupies that have only disdain for both the electorate and the officials selected by the electorate.