barack obama did, they can run back in spite of the losses they suffered. i don't think it is a powerful case. i suspect that is what the thinking may be. >> martha: when you go back and dissected more, you pointed this out, the anger that was filed by bernie sanders supporters over this whole super delicate issue, hillary had locked up most superdelegates before people got a chance to vote. they thought they debbie wasserman schultz was helping her. as you point out, brit, that may be a dangerous road for them to go down here, as well. >> it is worth remembering where the superdelegates came from on the first place. back in 1972, george mcgovern, who had been the leader of a commission to reorganize the democratic party's nominating process, a process he learned of the process of designing it really come i got the nomination and got slaughtered in a landslide by richard nixon. they got jimmy carter and to power in the watergate of 1976. he was wiped out in 1980. the party leaders felt the