Ari Emanuel: I don't trust my brother

[Tuesday_Morning]

I don't trust him either.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-emanuel/my-brother-the-superdeleg_b_85924.html

My brother Rahm Emanuel is a superdelegate. I love my brother, and I trust my brother. But I gave up letting my brother dictate my life since he determined whether he got the top or bottom bunk in our bedroom back in Chicago. So, as much as I love and respect him, I don't trust him and his fellow superdelegates to decide for me and the American people who should be the Democratic nominee -- and, therefore, most likely the next president of the United States.

I want voters to make that decision. The superdelegates, my brother included, have not been elected by anybody to name the nominee. They've either been appointed by the Party or, as in my brother's case, have automatically inherited the role simply because they are elected officials. This isn't the place to debate the entire history of superdelegates. Suffice it to say, however, they were created by the Party machine decades ago for the express purpose of giving Party insiders the ability to thwart the popular will.

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The right thing for my brother, and all the other superdelegates to do, is to support the decision of the voters. Whichever candidate has won the most delegates going into the national convention should be granted the endorsement of the superdelegates. Period. And we should put pressure on them to agree to do so now -- before the jockeying, lobbying, and infighting get really ugly, as they inevitably will.

Likewise, Democrats must firmly oppose any shenanigans regarding delegates from Michigan and Florida. The party and the candidates all agreed that the delegates coming out of those states would not be seated. Unringing that bell after the fact and by fiat would be an outrage. We have only two legitimate options when it comes to Florida and Michigan: either we stick by the original agreement. Or we organize new elections in those states this summer in which both the Obama and Clinton campaigns can evenly compete.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Me neither.

[Horse with no Name]

2. He is a slimeball

AND he is the example of why animals eat their young.

[derby378]

3. Rahm has spent too much time playing kingmaker for the Dems

Time to let We, the People have a crack at it before we wind up going Lee Ermey on Rahm's ass.

[Gore1FL]

4. Where did the "don't " come from?

"I love my brother, and I trust my brother."

[Emit]

6. From the title and the next paragraph following the sentence you posted.

:shrug:

from the link in the OP:

My Brother the Superdelegate and Why I Don't Trust Him to Pick the Next President

My brother Rahm Emanuel is a superdelegate. I love my brother, and I trust my brother. But I gave up letting my brother dictate my life since he determined whether he got the top or bottom bunk in our bedroom back in Chicago.

So, as much as I love and respect him, I don't trust him and his fellow superdelegates to decide for me and the American people who should be the Democratic nominee -- and, therefore, most likely the next president of the United States...

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

5. I agree with this post.

Over the years, ( 66 yrs.) I have seen many good and able candidates bounced from the party ticket, this wasn't good for the party or the nation. This year let the people be heard, loud and clear.

[Emit]

7. Wow, wonder what Rham feels about Ari's editorial? n/t

[Straight Shooter]

8. Rahm Emanuel is very close friends with David Axelrod.

They have a lot in common with each other.

[dansolo]

9. I hate Rahm Emanuel

I hate what he did to Christine Cegelis, who was running for the IL-06 seat in 2006. Should could have been a progressive seat pickup in the House, but instead he pushed the strategy of trying to get Iraq war veterans to run, even when they had no real platform to run on. The Republicans kept the seat.

[Nailzberg]

10. He got through that whole thing without swearing.

His assistant must have typed it up.