Alan Grayson putting his super delegate vote up for a vote

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson is putting his Democratic presidential nomination super delegate vote up for a vote.

The Orlando congressman representing Congressional District 9, who is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, used his campaign newsletter to open up an on-line survey link for his supporters today, asking them to weigh in. Supporters are to tell him to pick between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

“Bernie or Hillary? You tell me,” Grayson asks.

“I’m a ‘super delegate.’ In July, at the Democratic Convention, I will be voting for one or the other. I’d like to know which one you think I should vote for, and why.

“Unlike ‘some people,’ I will not be making this decision based on who can host the best fundraiser for me. I will not be making this decision based on what my fat-cat donors tell me, in part because I don’t have any.

“I’ll be making this decision based on what you and your friends tell me. I’m inviting you to vote on this, and give your reasons. Democracy – what a concept!”

The link also leads to a fundraising request.

Grayson has not endorsed in the presidential race. But endorsements in his U.S. Senate Democratic primary race, pitting him against U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Jupiter, are rolling out in a very similar pattern to those going to the Democratic presidential nominees: establishment endorsements heading to Clinton and Murphy while progressive-wing endorsements are going to Sanders and Grayson.

Grayson has particularly been dissed by the Senate’s Democratic leadership. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee angered him last spring by leaping to Murphy. Last week U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called on Grayson to get out of the Senate campaign. The ill-will is mutual.

Noting the controversy around how some super delegates are planning to act at the convention, Grayson said that this form of netroots activism could catch on, according to a news release issued Wednesday by his campaign.

“It could make one of the least democratic elements of the UnDemocratic Party into something really special – a decision Of the People, By the People and For the People,” he stated in the release.