Seriously? They have seen the rise of Trump and still need to ask themselves this question? Because the masses are. . . what they are. This is way too serious a business to let it in the hands of people who believe that neurosurgeons and real estate tycoons with zero experience of politics will make good presidents.
It’s a different party, you’ll say. But most people choose a party to support by virtue of the environment where they grow up or to fit into a group. One day, I hope, we will be able to afford full democracy. But for now, we should keep using our training wheels in the form of superdelegates who protect us from our dumber choices.
Clarissa's Blog 
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/02/after-sanders-big-win-in-new-hampshire-establishme.html
Essential reading about the superdelegate system.
Cliff Notes: The superdelegate count right now means nothing. They want to give out their votes early in order to give the idea that a Clinton nomination is a certainty. Which is meant to discourage Sanders and his supporters.
Now if Sanders does win more votes overall, the superdelegates will 100% switch their votes to Sanders. Doing anything other that this would be political suicide for the Democratic party (party split, people abstaining in the general, etc.).
For all the talk about superdelegates and how they have the power to influence elections, never in the history of the Democratic party have they gone against the popular vote. Remember we had the exact same ‘problem’ in 2008? Obama was winning primaries but people were worried that Clinton had the superdelegates all locked up? Remember how quickly that became a non-issue?
Superdelegates will not, as you put it, ‘protect us from our dumber choices’. That’s not their purpose. They’re just one more card in a long list of cards that the Democratic party apparatus uses to steer voters towards the candidate of their choice (Clinton).
This is a pure bluff, plain and simple.
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It’s a different party, you’ll say. But most people choose a party to support by virtue of the environment where they grow up or to fit into a group.
I should really be a moderate Republican or apolitical by this standard.
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Of course, there are exceptional people who make their own decisions. But they are not the majority.
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I agree with you that the superdelegates exist for a reason. But when dealing with Bernie supporters, it’s best to point out that if Bernie hadn’t waited until last year to join the Democratic party, he would have had many opportunities over the last couple of decades to lobby for a different system.
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