Hillary Clinton thinks tying down Senator Tom Carper’s support is a great strategy

The New York Times reports today that Hillary Clinton is organizing “leadership councils” in every state, comprised of dozens of top Democratic state officials and super-delegates to the nominating convention (“super-delegates” automatically become convention delegates because of the offices they hold.) The councils will round up supporters, act as surrogates in the news media in their states, and, not incidentally, serve as a reminder to Joe Biden “that large sections of the Democratic establishment have already committed to Mrs. Clinton,” according to the Times.

Hmmm…Democratic leadership councils…? Is the Clinton campaign really this tone deaf?

I don’t know…maybe this is a good strategy. But in a year characterized by a “large and growing backlash against the Democratic establishment” maybe this is a shit-ass plan. It feels awfully top-down because it is, and lord knows the Tom Carper endorsement will leave me cold.