Listen to Nancy, Hillary...

Trying to win over those who are undecided, [Hillary] Clinton wined and dined 17 superdelegates this week at her posh Washington home.

Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., [who] attended the dinner at Clinton's home...had a...question.

"If Sen. Obama finishes this process after all the states have participated and he's still leading in the delegate count and he's won more states and he has a higher popular vote, why would a superdelegate at that point choose to go the other way?" he asked Clinton.

They don't tell you what she answered him.

I find that significant.

However,

Clinton was asked about the superdelegate question by ABC News at a press conference Friday.

"Superdelegates, so called, are in the process because many of them are longtime elected officials, longtime party activists who can exercise independent judgment about who is best able to both present the Democratic Party case and win the White House," Clinton said.

Asked whether she thinks she can explain that to voters, Clinton replied, " I think that, you know, we are following what was determined to be an appropriate process for picking a nominee."

Shorter version: Because we know better than you.

That really does seem to be the only justification for this misshapen "superdelegate" idea: Because the Democratic party insiders know better than the Democratic Party voters. And honestly, a party which believes that is like a priest who's lost his faith, and a priest who's lost his faith has no business running a congregation any more.

I feel the need to re-state something I've said before in starker terms. Mrs. Clinton? If Obama accomplishes the three things Congressman Altmire lay out above, and you still grasp the nomination by way of slick maneuvering through party insiders...then goddamn you to hell.

Goddamn you to hell because you will have made Ralph Nader, finally, absolutely right: There is no difference between the two parties. None whatsoever.

At this point, I'm almost worried that Clinton is setting feminism back at least four years...

Plus if I have to listen to her for four years after eight years of George W. Bush...I'm just going to blow my brains out.

Finally, Listen to Nancy, Hillary...

In an interview with George Stephanopoulos to air this Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had a different take.

"If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what's happened in the election, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party," Pelosi said.

Listen to Nancy, Hillary...stop doing more harm than good.