Editing Superdelegate (section)

====Loss of superdelegate status====
Additionally, under party rules, automatic delegates are automatically disqualified if they have "publicly expressed support for the election of, or has endorsed, a presidential candidate of another political party" (Rule 9.E) and no delegate "shall participate or vote in the nominating process for a Democratic presidential candidate who also participates in the nominating processes of any other party for the corresponding elections" (Rule 2.E).<ref name=2020Rules/>  Thus, a person who would otherwise qualify as a superdelegate loses his or her superdelegate status by endorsing another party's presidential candidate. In 2008, Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]] endorsed Republican [[John McCain]], which, according to the chairwoman of the Connecticut Democratic Party, resulted in his disqualification as a superdelegate.<ref>{{cite web| last = Pazniokas| first = Mark | title =Lieberman No Longer a Super Delegate|newspaper=Hartford Courant| date = February 6, 2008| url = http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2008/02/lieberman-no-lo.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20080208045825/http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2008/02/lieberman-no-lo.html| archive-date = February 8, 2008| access-date =February 7, 2008 }}</ref> Lieberman's status had, however, previously been questioned because, although he was a registered Democratic voter and caucused with the Democrats, he won re-election as the candidate of the [[Connecticut for Lieberman]] Party and was listed as an "[[Independent Democrat]]" on the ballot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2008/02/obama-leads-cli.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210084217/http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2008/02/obama-leads-cli.html|archive-date=February 10, 2008|title=CAPITOL WATCH: Obama leads Clinton, 6-1, Among CT Superdelegates|newspaper=Hartford Courant|first=Mark|last=Pazniokas|date=February 8, 2008|access-date=February 14, 2016}}</ref> Lieberman did not attend the Democratic Convention; he was instead a speaker at the Republican Convention.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bolton|first1=Alexander|title=Both party conventions snub Lieberman|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/121256-both-party-conventions-snub-lieberman/|access-date=March 27, 2016|date=July 31, 2012}}</ref>