2016 Postmortem

'Switch every state to primary elections, rather than caucuses - This would provide a much fairer measure of Democratic voter sentiment'

That coupled with this

'The entire process should aid the Democratic Party in selecting its own nominee. It should be our party's nominee'

and this

'require the super delegates to vote en masse for the candidate with the most pledged delegates. Since that has been the practice in the past, it should be required in the future. If more than two candidates run, the super delegates can act as they wish to eliminate a convention deadlock. '

This last bit is the KEY...
here's why,

MM's claim 'super delegates to vote en masse for the candidate with the most pledged delegates' should hold to convention VOTE, but he doesn't make the statement that PLEDGING should be held off UNTIL convention... what's happened in the 'past' and to be carried over to 'future' is exactly what occurs this cycle... all those SDs pledging BEFORE a single primary vote has been cast

Which NULLIFIES or renders all his points mute....

SDs are party bosses or establishment, we agree on that correct?

But let's continue....

'These rules are already part of all states' convention rules, and call for expulsion of those who violate them'
Nothing stated about making the rules across all states more uniform and simplified... the reasons for disruptive behavior is due to lack of clarity and too complex of rules base

Layering more rules and committees gives more control back to those that make the rules... again party bosses

Then there's this bit

'Primaries should be held in larger groups of states - We have 50 states, plus about 6 other jurisdictions who send delegates to the convention. Divide those by 8 and hold 7 primary elections, equally spaced during the primary period. For each primary date, select states or jurisdictions in a way that represents all regions of the country on an equal basis. Each of the 7 primary elections would have 8 states or jurisdictions, scattered across the country and distributed among states with different populations. This would prevent skewed results by avoiding grouping states with similar demographics or other similarities on a single election date. 7 primary dates to cover the entire field.'

The 'expedite' it bit, imagine the lack of vetting a 'speedier' primary process would pop out a nominee... this just allows the party bosses to craft a packaged narrative around a specific nominee, slap on the SD pledge tag to that nominee, spin that nominee out for a quick fly by to the public and news... vote through quickly and viola...

Remember when Bernie started out at single digits and was labelled a 'fringe candidate'? If all these 'rules' that are being advocated here were placed into the actual process... how do you perceive this current cycle would actually play out? same or different?

But the main bit I want to point to is that vid I linked here... 'grassroots' prevention

Do you believe Bernie, and his campaign are considered 'grassroots'?

Who or whom is DNC talking about in that vid? what's their def of 'grassroots'?