It's a partisan nomination, not an election.

A party with an ideology - it's perfectly reasonable that such an entity wouldn't rely on straight popular vote...

The winner of the nomination makes no laws and has no power.  It's not a democracy.  It's a party.

I certainly wouldn't support a caucus or some sort of nominating process for a general election - but that's because elected positions carry power, and in such a case - I very much believe in the one vote principle.

But in a partisan, two party system?

Well... as a Deaniac, the one lesson I learned from 2004 is that you don't complain about what the party did or didn't do.

You take over the party.

You out organize.

You network.

You donate.

You register.

You build your numbers.

You convince others.

A lot of us wanted a change - a real change - in the Democratic party in 2004.  Our standard bearer stumbled.  We have one this time who hasn't.

Obviously - I can't speak for all Deaniacs... but I know a lot of Deaniacs, and this nominating process and its probable outcome feel like a validation of four years of hard work to all of the ones I know.