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Dramatically reduce the power and influence of superdelegates in the party's nomination process. that overcame objections from a vocal minority of the dnc's membership. the change will prohibit superdelegates from voting for a nominee at the democratic convention unless the process becomes deadlocked. in other words, they don't vote on the first ballot. dnc chairman tom perez called it a historic day for the democratic party saying "we passed major reforms that will not only put our next presidential nominee in the strongest position possible but will help us elect democrats up and down the ba...

Floor of the convention and delegates who perhaps feel strongly about their candidate and you have a deadlock scenario, if no candidate has come in prior to the convention and sort of won a couple of late primaries and paved the way for themselves, i think it is significantly harder for somebody to walk onto the convention stage out of nowhere, given the makeup of the delegates, who they would be facing. i think that is a scenario for potential disaster for the parties. because i don't know how you come out with an actual consensus candidate from that. >> jamie: interesting, thanks for the per...