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It ain't Dean's problem. Plus he's right. 

Howard Dean’s Superdelegate Problem
By Tobin Harshaw

USA Today is reporting that Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is rejecting the idea of a “superdelegate summit” before the convention this summer, which was proposed most prominently by Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen in a Times Op-Ed article last month:

Dean said a plan pushed by Democratic Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen for a two-day gathering of super delegates in June won’t work. “We can’t have a convention of super delegates because it would look like 330 delegates are overriding the wishes of 30 million voters,” Dean said in an interview with USA TODAY. He said Bredesen deserved credit for advancing the plan.

The most heated reactions to the decision seem to be coming, oddly, from the right: “The ever-feckless Dr. Dean wants the superdelegates to announce their preferences by July — but he doesn’t want a gathering of superdelegates?” asks John Tabin at American Spectator. “If finishing the fight is a priority, then a superdelegate straw poll should be a no-brainer. The only thing I can think is that Dean is being pushed around by those with an incentive to drag this out — the Clinton campaign, of course, but also superdelegates who want more time to exact political promises.”