Adult Supervision
Submitted by Aaron Barlow on February 25, 2008 - 08:20Does a delegate go to a political convention to lead? To represent? To decide?
I had always thought their task was to represent and, based on that, to decide. After all, the very word “delegate” itself implies a transfer of power, a representation—and not duties of leadership. In today's New York Times, however, Geraldine Ferraro tells me that I'm wrong.