Real World DNC

<p>When I spoke to Don Fowler, the ex-DNC chairman, about <a id="elcr" href="../../../view/howard-dean-faces" title="what Howard Dean should do">what Howard Dean should do</a>, he pointed me to something his son, Donnie, wrote on The Huffington Post.<br />

The younger Fowler is a Democratic activist in his own right — he ran against Dean for the DNC job — and he <a id="heeb" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donnie-fowler/my-father-the-superdelega_b_85936.html" title="weighs in">weighs in</a> on the possibility of superdelegates deciding the Democratic nomination: <br />

<blockquote>My father Don Fowler is a superdelegate. I love my father, and I trust my father. And I gave up letting my father dictate my life since he determined how late I got to stay up at night.<br />

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But Fowler goes on to explain that, because &quot;most superdelegates have spent the majority of their lives serving the Democratic Party,&quot; they can be trusted to do the right thing.<br /><br />

Turns out Fowler was sparring with Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood super-agent and brother of Rahm, the Illinois congressman who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.<br /><br />

The Hollywood Emanuel <a id="owk7" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-emanuel/my-brother-the-superdeleg_b_85924.html" title="starts down the same path">starts down the same path</a> as Fowler:

<blockquote>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.<br /><br />

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<p>But he goes on to make the opposite case, that Democrats should &quot;reject any such funny business,&quot; instead calling on superdelegates to simply support the decision of the voters.<br /><br />

Surely there’s a new reality show here just waiting to come out.</p>