No, I'm not talking about the cartoon hero who wears a blue spandex unitard with a diamond-shaped 'S' painted on the chest...although this group of "super delegates" may have just as much power naming this year's democratic presidential nominee.

I must say, the stereotype I have in my head of just what a super delegate is scares me a little. A bunch of old men, sitting in a smoke-filled room with lots of dusty books and a lit fire...comfortable leather chairs, puffing on a high-priced cigar and sipping vintage brandy. That's what I see, and frankly, I hope it is not the face of a super delegate, because I'm not sure he would have the same interest in the direction I hope our country is going.

If you just crawled out of a cave, I'll fill you in on what everyone else is buzzing about. Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting for enough delegates to get the nomination. A candidate needs 2,025 to make that happen...and neither Obama or Clinton is likely to get that.

So that leaves it up to the 796 some odd super delegates -- the elite group of former presidents or vice president, elected reps, governors, you get the idea. Democrats dubbed these delegates in 1982 to ensure they kept a definitive measure of control. Since then, they have never really been needed to name the nominee. The primaries and caucuses have taken care of that. Until now.

The trick is this -- they get to vote for whomever the want...regardless of whether the state they come from already supported a specific candidate in an earlier caucus or primary. So the question is: Will these people vote from their conscience or their constiuients? Will they go down in history as the tyrants that went against the voters...or the saving grace that stayed true to the popular vote?

The reason people worry is because they want to believe they get a fair say in picking their president. That there isn't any finagling on the floor come convention time... that no one is paying anyone to vote a certain way.  I don't envy a super delegates position at all. This fabulous system they put together in '82 is turning out to be very tricky this year...I just hope it doesn't become their kryptonite.

Maybe they can't actually scale tall buildings in a single leap, or become invisible, but America will likely end up asking them to make a very daunting decision about who could lead our country in the future. I'm not gonna lie, it scares me. And a part of me daydreams that maybe the life of a cartoon hero is possible... that these "super" delegates are just hiding these super-human powers behind their Clark Kent business suits. I guess we'll see...