Dems will give great TV, but not democracy to their fellow Dems

Now that we are past Super Duper Tuesday, it looks like more and more that the elite within the Democratic Party and not the Democratic voters are going to be selecting the nominee, a lament that many on the left are starting to realize:

So, there you have it. Unless either Obama or Clinton drops out before the convention, there is simply no way that the nominee can be determined without the super delegates. In the broadest definition of the term, "a brokered convention" is a convention that is determined by super delegates instead of nominating contests. Through a deadly combination of a primary calendar race to the bottom and an anachronistic method of delegate selection, we Democrats seem to have already arrived at that point. Short of one candidate dropping out, there is simply no easy way that this situation can be resolved. Given that Michigan and Florida combine for 313 pledged delegates, it is likely that this situation won't be resolved without severe bureaucratic fighting on the DNC rules and by-laws committee, or even a credential fight at the convention itself.....

....My instincts tell me this is a complete disaster, since it will shine light on complicated bylaws and the questionable democratic nature of the delegate selection process instead of on voters. As fascinating as it might be for political junkies, it is not the kind of image Democrats need. We need to figure a way out of this situation in a hurry.

And yes it is going to be fascinating television to watch as the Democrats start to eat their young in Denver. Of course, these are the rules that the Democratic Party apparatus agreed to live with, so they will in fact have to accept the consequences of a brokered convention, and the first true national exposure to the byzantine rules in which they select their party's Presidential nominee. And lord only knows what will happen to their party unit after the fur really starts to fly...

I just find it odd that the party that talks about "fighting for every vote" is going to be the one that goes in to wheel and deal mode to select its nominee...