We continue our special in-depth educational series, Meet Your Superdelegates. A rare chance to get to know specific superdelegates who will be deciding the Democratic presidential nominee. We’re focusing on party elders, government officials, senior advisors, and other high profile politicians who feature prominently in television and film. And we boldly speculate who they will back at the Democratic convention. Today’s superdelegate profile comes from the breakthrough comedy drama movie sensation “St. Elmo’s Fire.”

Alec Newbary is a ruthless, ambitious yuppie, pursuing a career in politics. He works for a Senator, but is trying to get a better-paying job, even though it means switching political parties.  At one point, his friend Jules, high from cocaine, calls Alec in the middle of the night, claiming she is about to be raped by Arabs. Alec “rescues” Jules from the hotel room where the Arabs are staying.  Alec thus shows the value of judgment over experience, making him closer to Barack Obama’s style of leadership than to Hillary Clinton’s.

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