. >> barbara norrander is the author of the "the imperfect primary: oddities, biases, and strengths of u.s." what is an oddity? >> it is odd to have some people being open and some closed and the fact there is lots of people trying to influence the national and state parties and candidates. it is also odd because most countries don't use primary elections to make nominations. >> why do they bring super delegates in the process and what is a super delegate? >> a super delegate is usually anale anale an elected official, sometimes a party leader, it is a response in the individual reform. when they did the initial reform they found out there was conventions, like '72 and '76, didn't have the traditional senators or representatives or governors being part of the process. they wanted to bring back in the voice of those individuals who traditionally had influence. so they developed those in the 1980s. since that thime they changed the number of people who are super delegates but they have the ability to decide on their own which candidate they want to support. >> host: why did you write thi

. >> we have been talking barbara norrander the "the imperfect primary" is her book. >> here is look at books being published this week: two united states senators have books coming. al franken recalls this campaign in giants of the senate. and mike lee reports on lesser known figures who influence the u.s. constitution in written out of history. senators franken and lee will appear on our afterwards program in the coming weeks. and tom coburn officers thoughts on reducing government spending in smashing the d.c. monopoly. gram explores the relationships between china and the u.s. in destined for car. and sean mckeek n takes a closer look at the edgnd of the rule or the russian leadership. watch were many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. ....